Lesser Short-tailed Gerbil

Lesser Short-tailed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. simoni
Binomial name
Dipodillus simoni Lataste, 1881

Dipodillus simoni is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is known as Simon's dipodil or the lesser short-tailed gerbil.

References

• Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus simoni. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
• 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.