Thin Sand Rat

Thin Sand Rat

Taxobox
name = Thin Sand Rat
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Psammomys"
species = "P. vexillaris"
binomial = "Psammomys vexillaris"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1925
synonyms = The Thin Sand Rat ("Psammomys vexillaris") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and intermittent saline lakes.

References

* Aulagnier, S. & Granjon, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18419/all Psammomys vexillaris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*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.


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