Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus Lay 1975

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 : 1230

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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus Lay 1975
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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus Lay 1975 View in CoL

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus Lay 1975 View in CoL , Fieldiana Zool., 65: 94.

Type Locality: Morocco, Aoreora, 80 km WSW Goulimine.

Vernacular Names: Occidental Gerbil.

Distribution: Coastal Morocco from south of Anti Atlas to Tarfaya (Aulagnier, in litt.; also see Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus . Lay (1983) noted that the karyotype of this Moroccan endemic was distinct from that of G. andersoni , and provided detailed morphological and chromosomal contrasts between G. occiduus and Moroccan G. hoogstraali and G. hesperinus . Pavlinov et al. (1990) included occiduus in G. pyramidum . Reviewed by Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Gerbillus

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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus Lay 1975

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

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) occiduus

Lay 1975: 94
1975
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