Pouched gerbil
| Pouched gerbil Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Tribe: | Gerbillini |
| Subtribe: | Desmodilliscina Pavlinov, 1982 |
| Genus: | Desmodilliscus Wettstein, 1916 |
| Species: | D. braueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmodilliscus braueri Wettstein, 1916 | |
The pouched gerbil, Desmodilliscus braueri, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodilliscus and the subtribe Desmodilliscina.
It is found in northern Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
This species is probably the smallest of the familia Muridae. It weighs 6 to 14 grams, its length is 4 to 8 cm without the shorter, poorly haired tail.[1]
References
Resources
- Granjon, L. 2004. Desmodilliscus braueri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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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