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Dipodillus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Gerbillinae Tribe: Gerbillini Subtribe: Gerbillina Genus: Dipodillus
Lataste, 1881Species Dipodillus bottai
Dipodillus campestris
Dipodillus dasyurus
Dipodillus harwoodi
Dipodillus jamesi
Dipodillus lowei
Dipodillus mackilligini
Dipodillus maghrebi
Dipodillus rupicola
Dipodillus simoni
Dipodillus somalicus
Dipodillus stigmonyx
Dipodillus zakariaiDipodillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. 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
- 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.
Categories:- Gerbils
- Gerbillinae stubs
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