Wagner's gerbil

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Wagner's gerbil

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dipodillus
Species:
D. dasyurus
Binomial name
Dipodillus dasyurus
(Wagner, 1842)
Synonyms

Gerbillus dasyurus

Gerbillus dasyurusm from United Arab Emirates
Dipodillus dasyurus from United Arab Emirates

Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) is a gerbil that is native mainly to the Nile Delta, Israel, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsainas, G., Palomo, L. & Aulagnier, S. 2021. Gerbillus dasyurus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T9116A197509063. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T9116A197509063.en. Downloaded on 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ Alagaili, A.N.; Mohammed, O.B.; Bennett, N.C.; Oosthuizen, M.K. (October 2012). "Lights out, let's move about: locomotory activity patterns of Wagner's gerbil from the desert of Saudi Arabia". African Zoology. 47 (2): 195–202.


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