Somali pygmy gerbil
Somali pygmy gerbil Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Microdillus Thomas, 1910 |
Species: | M. peeli
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Binomial name | |
Microdillus peeli (de Winton, 1898)
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The Somali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Microdillus. It is found only in Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References[]
- ^ Schlitter, D. (2019). "Microdillus peeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13332A22450520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13332A22450520.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1240. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Gerbils
- Endemic fauna of Somalia
- Mammals described in 1898
- Taxa named by William Edward de Winton
- Gerbillinae stubs