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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Psammomys
SPECIES Psammomys vexillaris
| Author: | Thomas, 1925. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 16: 198. | | Common Name: | Lesser Sand Rat | | Type Locality: | Libya, Tripolitania Province, Bu Ngem (Bondjem). | | Distribution: | Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Sometimes included in P. obesus (Corbet, 1978c; Pavlinov et al., 1990, 1995a) but Ranck (1968) regarded it as a separate species. Cockrum et al. (1977) enumerated the morphological and chromosomal traits distinguishing the two. Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991) did not recognize this species in Algeria and discussed only P. obesus. We recognize vexillaris as distinct pending a new look at geographic variation in morphological, chromosomal, and molecular traits among populations of Psammomys. |
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