Waters's gerbil

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Waters's gerbil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Dipodillus
Species:
D. watersi
Binomial name
Dipodillus watersi
de Winton, 1901
Synonyms

Gerbillus watersi
Gerbillus juliani(St Leger, 1935)

Waters's gerbil (Dipodillus watersi) is distributed mainly in Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti.

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References

  1. Granjon, L. (2016). "Gerbillus watersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T9155A22462011. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9155A22462011.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.