Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus de Winton 1902

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 : 1224

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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus de Winton 1902
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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus de Winton 1902 View in CoL

Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus de Winton 1902 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 46.

Type Locality: Egypt, Giza Province.

Vernacular Names: Pleasant Gerbil.

Distribution: Recorded only from Egypt and Libya.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura . Included in G. nanus by Corbet (1978 c), but convincingly separated and shown to be a distinctive species by Osborn and Helmy (1980), who reviewed the Egyptian population. Lay (1983) speculated that G. amoenus may range across Tunisia and Algeria to Mauritania, noted its past associations with Dipodillus dasyurus and D. campestris , and advised future comparison with Gerbillus nanus . Among Egyptian species of Gerbillus , G. amoenus is morphologically most closely related to G. nanus and G. henleyi ( Osborn and Helmy, 1980) . Ranck (1968) reviewed the Libyan populations and recorded significant geographic variation. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Gerbillus

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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus de Winton 1902

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

Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) amoenus

de Winton 1902: 46
1902
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