Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919

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 : 1225

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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919
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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919 View in CoL

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919 View in CoL , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26: 748.

Type Locality: Iraq, Lower Euphrates, near Basra.

Vernacular Names: Cheesman's Gerbil.

Synonyms: Gerbillus (Gerbillus) arduus Cheesman and Hinton 1924 ; Gerbillus (Gerbillus) maritimus Sanborn and Hoogstraal 1953 .

Distribution: SW Iran, C and S Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, North Yemen, South Yemen, and Kuwait (see Al-Jumaily, 1998; Harrison and Bates, 1991; Lay and Nadler, 1975), and S Jordan ( Qumsiyeh, 1996).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus . Reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975), Lay (1983), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Pavlinov et al. (1990). Chromosomal polymorphism among samples from Kuwait was reported by Badr and Asker (1980). Detailed comparisons between Qatarian G. cheesmani and G. nanus in cranial morphology discussed by Madkour (1984).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Gerbillus

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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani

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