HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillurus
--> SUBGENUS Paratatera
SPECIES Gerbillurus (Paratatera) tytonis
Author: | Bauer and Niethammer, 1959. | Actual Date: | 1960 | Citation: | Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 10 (1959): 255. | Common Name: | Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil | Type Locality: | Namibia, Namib Desert, Sossusvlei. | Distribution: | Namibia (Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Bobabeb, Namib Desert, and Farm Canaan near diamond region of Namibia). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Paratatera. Taxonomic history summarized by Meester et al. (1986); distribution and habitat reviewed by Griffin (1990), Perrin (1997b), and Skinner and Smithers (1990). |
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