Bushy-tailed Jird

Taxobox
name = Bushy-tailed Jird
fossil_range = Recent
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Gerbillinae
tribus = Gerbillini
subtribus = Rhombomyina
genus = "Sekeetamys"
genus_authority = Ellerman, 1947
species = "S. calurus"
binomial = "Sekeetamys calurus"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1892)
synonyms = The Bushy-tailed Jird ("Sekeetamys calurus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is the only species in the genus "Sekeetamys".It is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan.Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

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.
* Schlitter, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20089/all Sekeetamys calurus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.