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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusGerbillurus
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Brush-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil

Gerbillurus vallinus (Thomas, 1918)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9 vol.2 p.148

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

COMMENTS: Subgenus Gerbillurus. Taxonomy summarized by Meester et al. (1986); ecology and range reviewed by Griffin (1990) and Skinner and Smithers (1990).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: From South Africa (NW Cape Prov.) northwest through Namibia towards Brukaros-Karas Mtns and central Namib Desert.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Province, Bushmanland, Kenhart, Tuin (see Meester et al., 1986).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENT: Formerly included tytonis; see Schlitter, 1973, Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., 72 (1): 17 and Davis, 1975, Part 6.4: 5.

Order Rodentia (Part 3)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438750.