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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Hendecapleura
SPECIES Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) vivax
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902: 8. | | Common Name: | Vivacious Gerbil | | Type Locality: | Libya, Sebha. | | Distribution: | Libya. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Hendecapleura. Variously placed in either G. dasyurus (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), G. amoenus (Ranck, 1968), or G. nanus (F. Petter, 1975b; Corbet, 1978c), but Lay (1983) disputed its association with G. dasyurus (holotype of vivax possesses an accessory tympanum and bare feet, traits uncharacteristic of G. dasyurus) and urged that vivax be retained as a species until its relationship to G. amoenus and G. nanus is assessed by systematic revision. Pavlinov et al. (1990) included vivax in G. amoenus following Ranck (1968) and Osborn and Helmy (1980). |
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