HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Dipodillus
--> SUBGENUS Petteromys
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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