HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Gerbillus
SPECIES Gerbillus (Gerbillus) aquilus
Author: | Schlitter and Setzer, 1972. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 86: 167. | Common Name: | Swarthy Gerbil | Type Locality: | Iran, 60 km W Kerman. | Distribution: | SE Iran, W Pakistan, S Afghanistan (see Lay and Nadler, 1975). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Gerbillus. Originally described as a subspecies of G. cheesmani but Lay and Nadler (1975) presented data supporting its status as a separate and distinctive species. Schlitter and Setzer (1973) described subsolanus as a subspecies of G. cheesmani. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
subsolanus Schlitter and Setzer, 1973
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