Lesser short-tailed gerbil

Lesser short-tailed gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. simoni
Binomial name
Dipodillus simoni Lataste, 1881

The lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological and molecular studies in 2010 Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus , and Dipodillus simoni was renamed into Gerbillus simoni. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Granjon, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Gerbillus simoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T9149A115518404. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9149A22462349.en . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
2. Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna; Paolo Colangelo (August 2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (2): 513–518. Bibcode:2010MolPE..56..513A. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.018. PMID   20412863 . Retrieved 12 February 2014– via Elsevier.
3. Awatef Abiadh; Paolo Colangelo; Ernesto Capanna; Tahar Lamine-Cheniti; M'barek Chetoui (September 2010). "Morphometric analysis of six Gerbillus species (Rodentia, Gerbillinae) from Tunisia". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 333 (9): 680–687. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003 – via ResearchGate.

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