Lesser short-tailed gerbil

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Scientific Name: Gerbillus simoni , Common Name: Simon's dipodil, lesser short-tailed gerbil


  • Kingdom Animalia -- Animal,
  • Phylum Chordata -- chordates,
  • Subphylum Vertebrata -- vertebrates,
  • Class Mammalia-Linnaeus, 1758 -- mammals,
  • Subclass Theria-Parker and Haswell, 1897
  • Infraclass Eutheria-Gill, 1872
  • Order Rodentia-Bowdich, 1821 -- rodents,
  • Suborder Myomorpha-Brandt, 1855 -- mice, rats,
  • Family Muridae-Illiger, 1815 -- mice, rats, voles
  • Subfamily Gerbillinae-Gray, 1825
  • Genus Gerbillus-Desmarest, 1804
  • Species Gerbillus simoni- Lataste, 1881-- lesser short-tailed gerbil

Distributed mainly in eastern Morocco to Egypt