Mackilligin's Gerbil

Mackilligin's Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. mackilligini
Binomial name
Dipodillus mackilligini (Thomas, 1904)
Synonyms
Dipodillus mackilligini[1][2][3][4][5] Gerbillus mackilligini[6]

Dipodillus mackilligini,^[7] sometimes misspelled mackillingini and also known as Mackilligin's Gerbil or Dipodil,^[8][9] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It occurs in the southeastern deserts of Egypt and probably in nearby Sudan. It has been grouped with Dipodillus nanus, but is now considered specifically distinct.^[10]

References

1. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=3721933
2. ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/D/Dipodillus_mackilligini/
3. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/contemporaryland05osbo/contemporaryland05osbo_djvu.txt
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22Dipodillus+mackilligini%22&source=bl&ots=WomdAGY51h&sig=mrYC3fdle7XmlcNETwbitjOJd3E&hl=en&ei=0ES4S4aZN82IkAWRxJ3JCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCcQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Dipodillus%20mackilligini%22&f=false
5. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/19267151
6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22Mackilligin%27s+Dipodil&source=bl&ots=WomdAGZ2_j&sig=xznO9Q9IczG3lXAtbGp3O__ZYYU&hl=en&ei=dUe4S7ukIc-HkQW7ronJCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Mackilligin%27s%20Dipodil&f=false
7. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=9MZMAAAAYAAJ&dq=Dipodillus%20mackilligini&lr&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1900&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1910&as_brr=0&pg=PA158#v=onepage&q=Dipodillus%20mackilligini&f=false
8. ^ http://www.gerbil.info/html/species.htm
9. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1215&lpg=PA1215&dq=%22Mackilligin%27s+Dipodil&source=bl&ots=QbfT4VpX_b&sig=wnMSIyBVUVLyPHKRpPyoRyq_Yu8&hl=en&ei=dUe4S7ukIc-HkQW7ronJCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Mackilligin%27s%20Dipodil&f=false
10. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

• 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.
• Schlitter, D. 2004. Gerbillus mackillingini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

Further reading

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