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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| color = pink
| name = ''Gerbillus simoni''
| name = Lesser short-tailed gerbil
| image = Gerbillus simoni.jpg
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| trend = unknown
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Dipodillus
| species = simoni
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = [[Fernand Lataste|Lataste]], 1881
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Rodent]]ia
| superfamilia = [[Muroidea]]
| familia = [[Muridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Gerbillinae]]
| genus = ''[[Gerbillus]]''
| species = '''''G. simoni'''''
| binomial = ''Gerbillus simoni''
| binomial_authority = Lataste, 1881
}}
}}


The '''lesser short-tailed gerbil''' ('''''Dipodillus simoni''''') is distributed mainly from eastern [[Morocco]] to [[Egypt]]. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological and molecular studies in 2010 ''[[Dipodillus]]'' was ranged as a subgenus of ''[[Gerbillus]]'', and ''Dipodillus simoni'' was renamed into ''Gerbillus simoni''.<ref name=Abiadh>{{cite journal|last=Elsevier |author2=Awatef Abiadh |author3=M'barek Chetoui |author4=Taher Lamine-Cheniti |author5=Ernesto Capanna|title=Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|journal=Comptes Rendus Biologies |year=2010|volume=56|issue=2|pages=513–518|doi=10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003|pmid=20816648 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46148011|access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref>
'''''Gerbillus simoni''''' is distributed mainly from eastern [[Morocco]] to [[Egypt]]. It is known as '''Simon's dipodil''' or the '''lesser short-tailed gerbil'''.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Aulagnier & Granjon|year=2004|id=9149|title=Gerbillus simoni|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
* {{cite iucn|author=Aulagnier|author2=Granjon|name-list-style=amp|year=2004|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9149/0|title=''Gerbillus simoni''|access-date=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp.&nbsp;894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


{{Gerbillinae|G1.}}
[[Category:Gerbils]]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q307860}}
[[Category:Mammals of Africa]]

[[it:Gerbillus simoni]]
[[Category:Dipodillus]]
[[Category:Rodents of North Africa]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1881]]


{{Gerbillinae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 09:23, 16 March 2023

Lesser short-tailed gerbil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dipodillus
Species:
D. simoni
Binomial name
Dipodillus simoni
Lataste, 1881

The lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological and molecular studies in 2010 Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus, and Dipodillus simoni was renamed into Gerbillus simoni.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  • Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus simoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.