Lowe's gerbil
| Lowe's gerbil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Dipodillus |
| Species: | D. lowei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodillus lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) | |
Lowe's gerbil, Dipodillus lowei, is distributed mainly in Sudan; Jebel Marra. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.
References
- Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus lowei. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
- 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.
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