Least gerbil

Least gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Gerbillus
Species: G. pusillus
Binomial name
Gerbillus pusillus
Peters, 1878
Synonyms
  • Gerbillus diminutus
  • Gerbillus percivali
  • Gerbillus ruberrimus

The least gerbil (Gerbillus pusillus) is distributed mainly in South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

References

    • 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.
    • Schlitter (2004). "Gerbillus pusillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
    • Schlitter & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus ruberrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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