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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Dipodillus
--> SUBGENUS Petteromys
SPECIES Dipodillus (Petteromys) mackilligini
| Author: | Thomas, 1904. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14: 158. | | Common Name: | Mackilligin’s Dipodil | | Type Locality: | Egypt, Wadi Alagi, E desert of Nubia. | | Distribution: | E desert of S Egypt (see Osborn and Helmy, 1980) and probably adjacent Sudan. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Gerbillus mackillingini. | | Comments: | Subgenus Petteromys. Although some authors have placed this species with D. nanus (Corbet, 1978c; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; F. Petter, 1975b), Osborn and Helmy (1980) demonstrated its specific distinction. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990). |
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