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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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