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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Gerbillus
SPECIES Gerbillus (Gerbillus) acticola
Author: | Thomas, 1918. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2: 147. | Common Name: | Berbera Gerbil | Type Locality: | Somalia, Berbera. | Distribution: | Somalia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Gerbillus. Lay (1983:337) explained why F. Petter's (1975b) synonomy of G. alticola with G. pyramidum should not be followed: ". . . the nearest documented occurrence of G. pyramidum is over 1300 kilometers distant in Sudan." Lay claimed that acticola ". . . should be regarded as distinct pending revision and karyotypic analysis." Pavlinov et al. (1990) included acticola in G. pyramidum but with a question. |
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