Lowe's gerbil

Lowe's gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Dipodillus
Species: D. lowei
Binomial name
Dipodillus lowei
(Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Lowe's gerbil (Dipodillus lowei) is distributed mainly in Sudan; Jebel Marra. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.

References

    • Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus lowei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
    • 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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