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Ammodile
Ammodillus imbellis (de Winton, 1898)
Also calledAmmodill-Rennmaus (deu) · Große Somali-Rennmaus (deu) · Somali-Rennmaus (deu) · piaskoskoczka somalijska (pol) · pískomil walo (ces) · somalianwalo (fin) · Аммодил (rus) · ソマリスナネズミ (jpn) · Walo (deu)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.1 p.249
The ammodile, walo or Somali gerbil (Ammodillus imbellis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Ammodillus. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Reviewed by Roche and Petter (1968) and Pavlinov et al. (1990). Chromosomal traits documented by Capanna and Merani (1981).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Somalia (Roche and Petter, 1968) and E Ethiopia (Yalden et al., 1976).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Roche and Petter (1968) reviewed the species and mapped its distribution.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Dry and semiarid savannas with bush and scrubs and coastal steppe.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Ammodillus imbellis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438331.