Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus Cabrera 1936

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1228

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scientific name

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus Cabrera 1936
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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus Cabrera 1936 View in CoL

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus Cabrera 1936 View in CoL , Bol. Real. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.: 365.

Type Locality: Morocco, Mogador (= Essouira).

Vernacular Names: Moroccan Gerbil.

Distribution: Coastal Morocco north of High Atlas Mtns (see Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus . See the references cited by Lay (1983) for characters defining this distinctive Moroccan endemic. Lay (1975) also documented the striking morphological and chromosomal contrasts between G. hesperinus and Moroccan G. hoogstraali and G. occiduus . Also reviewed by Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986) and Pavlinov et al. (1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Gerbillus

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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus Cabrera 1936

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hesperinus

Cabrera 1936: 365
1936
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