Burton's gerbil

Burton's gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Gerbillus
Species: G. burtoni
Binomial name
Gerbillus burtoni
(F. Cuvier, 1838)[1]

Burton's gerbil (Gerbillus burtoni) is distributed mainly in Darfur, Sudan. Less than 250 individuals of this species of gerbil are thought to persist in the wild. It may have been named after Edward Burton,[2] who had the gerbil in his menagerie, obtained from Darfur and described by Frédéric Cuvier.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cuvier, F. (1838). "Memoire sur les Gerboises et les Gerbilles". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: 131–148. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1839.tb00013.x.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (7 October 2009). "Burton, E.". The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780801895333. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  • Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus burtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
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