HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbillus
--> SUBGENUS Gerbillus
SPECIES Gerbillus (Gerbillus) dongolanus
Author: | Heuglin, 1877. | Citation: | Reise in Nordost-Afrika, 2: 79. | Common Name: | Dongola Gerbil | Type Locality: | Sudan, Dongola. | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Gerbillus. Lay (1983) noted that several authors have synonymized this taxon with G. pyramidum but always without confirmatory documentation. Until such data is available, the species should be considered valid, excluded from the taxonomic morass that has characterized G. pyramidum. Pavlinov et al. (1990) also included dongolanus with G. pyramidum. |
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