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--> GENUS Pachyuromys
SPECIES Pachyuromys duprasi
Author: | Lataste, 1880. | Citation: | Le Naturaliste, 2(40): 313. | Common Name: | Fat-tailed Jird | Type Locality: | Algeria, Laghouat. | Distribution: | N Sahara desert from Western Sahara and Morocco to N Egypt. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | The Moroccan population was mapped by Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986), Algerian population reviewed by Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991), the Libyan segment by Ranck (1968), and the Egyptian by Osborn and Helmy (1980). Chromosomal data summarized by Qumsiyeh and Schlitter (1991). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
faroulti Thomas, 1920 natronensis De Winton, 1903
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