Agag gerbil
| Agag gerbil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. agag |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus agag Thomas, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
cosensi Dollman, 1914 | |
The Agag gerbil, Gerbillus agag, is distributed mainly in southern Mauritania to northern Nigeria and Sudan. IUCN lists the junior synonyms Gerbillus cosensi and G. dalloni as critically endangered.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus agag. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 8 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
- Schlitter, D. 2004. Gerbillus cosensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Schlitter & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus dalloni. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 6 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
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