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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS See comments.
SPECIES Gerbillus (See comments.) burtoni
| Author: | F. Cuvier, 1838. | | Citation: | Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 2: 145, pl. 25. | | Common Name: | Burton’s Gerbil | | Type Locality: | Sudan, Dharfur. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Usually treated as a synonym of G. pyramidum (Pavlinov et al., 1990; also see references in Lay, 1983), but Lay (1983) mustered diagnostic cranial traits seen in the original cranial illustrations that appear to distinguish them. Until a critical revision of the G. pyramidum complex defines the status of burtoni, we retain it as a species following Lay. |
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