Cheesman's Gerbil

Cheesman's Gerbil: Cheesman's gerbil

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Superfamily: Muroidea

Family: Muridae

Subfamily: Gerbillinae

Genus: Gerbillus

Species: G. cheesmani

Binomial name

Gerbillus cheesmani
Thomas, 1919

Cheesman's gerbil, Gerbilus cheesmani, is distributed mainly in Arabian Peninsula to southwestern Iran. The total length of this gerbil is about 22 cm.

Cheesman's gerbil appears similar to the Palid gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus).

Contents

1 Discoverer

2 Gallery

3 References

4 External links

Discoverer

Colonel R. E. Cheesman

Gallery

Photographed at Abaad Woods, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Photographed at Abaad Woods, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

References

Baillie (1996). Gerbillus cheesmani. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 06 May 2006.

External links

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v · Gerbillinae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Superorder: Euarchontoglires · Order: Rodentia · Family: Muridae

Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini

Ammodillini

Ammodillus

Ammodile (A. imbellis)

Desmodilliscini

Desmodilliscus

Pouched Gerbil (D. braueri)

Pachyuromys

Fat-tailed Gerbil (P. duprasi)

Gerbillurini

Desmodillus

Cape Short-eared Gerbil (D. auricularis)

Gerbilliscus

Cape Gerbil (G. afra) · Boehm's Gerbil (G. boehmi) · Highveld Gerbil (G. brantsii) · Guinean Gerbil (G. guineae) · Gorongoza Gerbil (G. inclusus) · Kemp's Gerbil (G. kempi) · Bushveld Gerbil (G. leucogaster) · Black-tailed Gerbil (G. nigricaudus) · Phillips's Gerbil (G. phillipsi) · Fringe-tailed Gerbil (G. robustus) · Savanna Gerbil (G. validus)

Gerbillurus

Hairy-footed Gerbil (G. paeba) · Namib Brush-tailed Gerbil (G. setzeri) · Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil (G. tytonis) · Bushy-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil (G. vallinus)

Tatera

Indian Gerbil (T. indica)

Taterillini

Taterillus

Robbins's Tateril (T. arenarius) · Congo Gerbil (T. congicus) · Emin's Gerbil (T. emini) · Gracile Tateril (T. gracilis) · Harrington's Gerbil (T. harringtoni) · Lake Chad Gerbil (T. lacustris) · Petter's Gerbil (T. petteri) · Senegal Gerbil (T. pygargus) · Tranieri's Tateril (T. tranieri)

Tribe Gerbillini

Gerbillina

Dipodillus

Botta's Gerbil (D. bottai) · North African Gerbil (D. campestris) · Wagner's Gerbil (D. dasyurus) · Harwood's Gerbil (D. harwoodi) · James's Gerbil (D. jamesi) · Lowe's Gerbil (D. lowei) · Mackilligin's Gerbil (D. mackilligini) · Greater Short-tailed Gerbil (D. maghrebi) · Rupicolous Gerbil (D. rupicola) · Lesser Short-tailed Gerbil (D. simoni) · Somalian Gerbil (D. somalicus) · Khartoum Gerbil (D. stigmonyx) · Kerkennah Islands Gerbil (D. zakariai)

Gerbillus

Subgenus Hendecapleura: Pleasant Gerbil (G. amoenus) · Brockman's Gerbil (G. brockmani) · Black-tufted Gerbil (G. famulus) · Algerian Gerbil (G. garamantis) · Grobben's Gerbil (G. grobbeni) · Pygmy Gerbil (G. henleyi) · Mauritian Gerbil (G. mauritaniae) · Harrison's Gerbil (G. mesopotamiae) · Barfur Gerbil (G. muriculus) · Balochistan Gerbil (G. nanus) · Large Aden Gerbil (G. poecilops) · Principal Gerbil (G. principulus) · Least Gerbil (G. pusillus) · Sand Gerbil (G. syrticus) · Vivacious Gerbil (G. vivax) (Gerbillus nanus and Gerbillus amoenus) · Waters's Gerbil (G. watersi) ·
Subgenus Gerbillus: Berbera Gerbil (G. acticola) · Agag Gerbil (G. agag) · Anderson's Gerbil (G. andersoni) · Swarthy Gerbil (G. aquilus) · Burton's Gerbil (G. burtoni) · Cheesman's Gerbil (G. cheesmani) · Dongola Gerbil (G. dongolanus) · Somalia Gerbil (G. dunni) · Flower's Gerbil (G. floweri) · Lesser Gerbil (G. gerbillus) · Indian Hairy-footed Gerbil (G. gleadowi) · Western Gerbil (G. hesperinus) · Hoogstraal's Gerbil (G. hoogstraali) · Lataste's Gerbil (G. latastei) · Sudan Gerbil (G. nancillus) · Nigerian Gerbil (G. nigeriae) · Occidental Gerbil (G. occiduus) · Pale Gerbil (G. perpallidus) · Cushioned Gerbil (G. pulvinatus) · Greater Egyptian Gerbil (G. pyramidum) · Rosalinda Gerbil (G. rosalinda) · Tarabul's Gerbil (G. tarabuli)

Microdillus

Somali Pygmy Gerbil (M. peeli)

Rhombomyina

Brachiones

Przewalski's Gerbil (B. przewalskii)

Meriones

Subgenus Meriones: Tamarisk Jird (M. tamariscinus) ·
Subgenus Parameriones: Persian Jird (M. persicus) · King Jird (M. rex) ·
Subgenus Pallasiomys: Arabian Jird (M. arimalius) · Cheng's Jird (M. chengi) · Sundevall's Jird (M. crassus) · Dahl's Jird (M. dahli) · Cheliones: Indian Desert Jird (M. hurrianae)

Psammomys

Sand Rat (P. obesus) · Thin Sand Rat (P. vexillaris)

Rhombomys

Great Gerbil (R. opimus)

incertae sedis

Sekeetamys

Bushy-tailed Jird (S. calurus)

Categories:
IUCN Red List least concern species
Gerbils
Mammals of Asia
Fauna of Iran

Cheesman's gerbil

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Genus:	Gerbillus
Species:	G. cheesmani
Binomial name
*Gerbillus cheesmani* Thomas, 1919

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