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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
GENUS Psammomys
| Author: | Cretzschmar, 1828. | | Citation: | In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth.: 56. | | Type Species: | Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1828. | | Comments: | Tribe Gerbillini, Subtribe Rhombomyina. Reviewed by Corbet (1978c, 1984). Evolutionary history as indicated by fossils extends to Late Pleistocene of Asia (McKenna and Bell, 1997). |
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