North African gerbil: Difference between revisions

North African Gerbil; Dipodillus campestris
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. campestris
Binomial name
	Dipodillus campestris; (Loche, 1867)
Synonyms
	Gerbillus campestris (Loche, 1867); quadrimaculatus (Lataste, 1882)

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The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

IUCN lists Gerbillus quadrimaculatus, a synonym of Dipodillus campestris, as critically endangered.

Distribution

The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.

Its natural habitats are arable land and rocky areas of the Maghreb, and hot Saharan deserts.

References

Granjon, L. 2004. Dipodillus campestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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.

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 The '''North African gerbil''' ('''''Dipodillus campestris''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the family [[Muridae]].
-It is found in [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Mali]], [[Morocco]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]], [[Tunisia]], and possibly [[Chad]] and [[Mauritania]].
-Its natural [[habitat]]s are rocky areas, hot [[desert]]s, and [[arable land]].  [[IUCN]] lists ''Gerbillus quadrimaculatus'', a synonym of ''D. campestris'', as critically endangered.
+[[IUCN]] lists ''Gerbillus quadrimaculatus'', a synonym of ''Dipodillus campestris'', as critically endangered.
+==Distribution==
+The North African gerbil is found in [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Mali]], [[Morocco]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]], [[Tunisia]], and possibly [[Chad]] and [[Mauritania]].
+Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[arable land]] and rocky areas of the [[Maghreb]], and hot [[Sahara]]n [[desert]]s.
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+[[Category:Fauna of the Sahara]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Algeria]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Chad]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Egypt]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Libya]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Mali]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Mauritania]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Morocco]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Niger]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Sudan]]
+[[Category:Mammals of Tunisia]]
 [[Category:Mammals of Western Sahara]]
 [[Category:Animals described in 1867]]
+[[Category:Maghreb]]
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