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Mauritanian Gerbil
Gerbillus mauritaniae (Heim de Balsac, 1943)
Also calledGerbille de Mauritanie (fra) · Gerbillo de Mauritania (spa) · Mauretanien-Rennmaus (deu) · Moritanya Gerbili (tur) · mauritaniangerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka mauretańska (pol) · Мавританская песчанка (rus) · モーリタニアアレチネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.15 p.287
The Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae) is distributed mainly in northern Mauritania. Some authorities place it in a separate genus, Monodia. It is also sometimes considered a subspecies of the Sudan gerbil.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
COMMENTS: Type species of Monodia, but according to Lay (1983) the diagnostic traits do not warrant generic distinction.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Mauritania, Aouker Region, S of Archane Titarek.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly included in Monodia; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3: 11; this species is known only by the holotype. DML includes this species in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus.
Order Rodentia (Part 3)
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TYPE LOCALITY: Mauritania, Aouker Region, S. of Archane Titarek.
Order Rodentia (Part 3)
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437825.