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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
GENUS Dipodillus
| Author: | Lataste, 1881. | | Citation: | Le Naturalliste (Paris), 1: 506. | | Type Species: | Gerbillus(Dipodillus) simoni Lataste, 1881. | | Comments: | Tribe Gerbillini, Subtribe Gerbillina. The species included here, all with hairless plantar surfaces, were all discussed by Lay (1983) under Gerbillus. Originally described as a subgenus of Gerbillus, Dipodillus has subsequently been treated that way (Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Lay, 1983; Musser and Carleton, 1993) or as a genus (G. M. Allen, 1939; Corbet, 1978c; Osborn and Helmy, 1980; Pavlinov, 2001; Pavlinov et al., 1990; F. Petter, 1975b; Qumsiyeh and Schlitter, 1991). We follow F. Petter, 1975b, Pavlinov et al. (1990) and Pavlinov (2001) in separating species of Dipodillus from those in Gerbillus. Osborn and Helmy (1980) provided tables and illustrations of morphological traits distinguishing the Egyptian species. |
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