HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Gerbillus
SPECIES Gerbillus (Gerbillus) floweri
Author: | Thomas, 1919. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 3: 559. | Common Name: | Flower’s Gerbil | Type Locality: | Egypt, Sinai, S of El Arish. | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Subgenus Gerbillus. Usually considered a synonym of G. pyramidum, but Lay (1983) explained why it should not be united with that species (in his comments under G. pyramidum). Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990). |
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