- Somali Pygmy Gerbil
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Somali Pygmy Gerbil
Temporal range: RecentConservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Gerbillinae Tribe: Gerbillini Subtribe: Gerbillina Genus: Microdillus
Thomas, 1910Species: M. peeli Binomial name Microdillus peeli
(de Winton, 1898)The Somali Pygmy Gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Microdillus. It is found only in Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. 2004. Microdillus peeli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Gerbils
- Gerbillinae stubs
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