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SPECIES Dipodillus (Petteromys) harwoodi

Author:Thomas, 1901.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8: 275.
Common Name:Harwood’s Dipodil
Type Locality:Kenya, Lake Naivasha.
Distribution:Kenya and Tanzania (see F. Petter, 1975b, and Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Gerbillus harwoodi.
Comments:Subgenus Petteromys. Defined as a distinct species by Roche (1975). The relationship between this species and D. bottai requires resolution; see comments under account of D. bottai and the discussion by Pavlinov et al. (1990).
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    luteus Dollman, 1914

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