Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) poecilops Yerbury and Thomas 1895

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 : 1231

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scientific name	Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) poecilops Yerbury and Thomas 1895
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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) poecilops Yerbury and Thomas 1895 View in CoL

Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) poecilops Yerbury and Thomas 1895 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895: 549.

Type Locality: Yemen, Aden, Lahej.

Vernacular Names: Large Aden Gerbil.

Distribution: Yemen and SW Saudi Arabia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura . A valid species reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991) and Pavlinov et al. (1990). Volobouev et al. (1995 a) analyzed R- and C-banding of chromosomes from G. poecilops , G. nanus , and G. henleyi and concluded that all three were derived from the same ancestor. Furthermore, G. poecilops is the most plesiomorphic and appears to be a "living fossil" isolated in the coastal mountain ranges of the Red Sea in Yemen and SW Saudi Arabia.