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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Gerbillus
SPECIES Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus
| Author: | Cabrera, 1936. | | Citation: | Bol. Real. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.: 365. | | Common Name: | Moroccan Gerbil | | Type Locality: | Morocco, Mogador (= Essouira). | | Distribution: | Coastal Morocco north of High Atlas Mtns (see Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Gerbillus. See the references cited by Lay (1983) for characters defining this distinctive Moroccan endemic. Lay (1975) also documented the striking morphological and chromosomal contrasts between G. hesperinus and Moroccan G. hoogstraali and G. occiduus. Also reviewed by Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986) and Pavlinov et al. (1990). |
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