Dipodillus

Dipodillus
Dipodillus campestris - North African gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Gerbillini
Genus:	Dipodillus Lataste, 1881
Type species
Gerbillus(Dipodillus) simoni [1]
Species
Dipodillus bottai Dipodillus campestris Dipodillus dasyurus Dipodillus harwoodi Dipodillus jamesi Dipodillus lowei Dipodillus mackilligini Dipodillus maghrebi Dipodillus rupicola Dipodillus simoni Dipodillus somalicus Dipodillus stigmonyx Dipodillus zakariai

Dipodillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of the genus Gerbillus . ^[2]

It contains the following species:

• Botta's gerbil (Dipodillus bottai)
• North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris)
• Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus)
• Harwood's gerbil (Dipodillus harwoodi)
• James's gerbil (Dipodillus jamesi)
• Lowe's gerbil (Dipodillus lowei)
• Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)
• Greater short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus maghrebi)
• Rupicolous gerbil (Dipodillus rupicola)
• Lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni)
• Somalian gerbil (Dipodillus somalicus)
• Khartoum gerbil (Dipodillus stigmonyx)
• Kerkennah Islands gerbil (Dipodillus zakariai)

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003 . PMID   20816648 . Retrieved 12 February 2014.