Dipodillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of the genus Gerbillus.[2]
| Dipodillus | |
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| Dipodillus campestris - North African gerbil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Gerbillini |
| Genus: | Dipodillus Lataste, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Gerbillus(Dipodillus) simoni[1] | |
| Species | |
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Dipodillus bottai | |
It contains the following species:
- Botta's gerbil (Dipodillus bottai)
- North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris)
- Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus)
- Harwood's gerbil (Dipodillus harwoodi)
- James's gerbil (Dipodillus jamesi)
- Lowe's gerbil (Dipodillus lowei)
- Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)
- Greater short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus maghrebi)
- Rupicolous gerbil (Dipodillus rupicola)
- Lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni)
- Somalian gerbil (Dipodillus somalicus)
- Khartoum gerbil (Dipodillus stigmonyx)
- Kerkennah Islands gerbil (Dipodillus zakariai)
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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