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Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil
Gerbillurus tytonis (Bauer & Niethammer, 1960)
First described in: Bonn. Zool. Beitr. vol.10 (1959) p.255
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Paratatera. Taxonomic history summarized by Meester et al. (1986); distribution and habitat reviewed by Griffin (1990), Perrin (1997 b), and Skinner and Smithers (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Namibia (Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Bobabeb, Namib Desert, and Farm Canaan near diamond region of Namibia).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Paratatera. Taxonomic history summarized by Meester et al. (1986); distribution and habitat reviewed by Griffin (1990) and Skinner and Smithers (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia (Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Bobabeb, Namib Desert, and Farm Canaan near diamond region of Namibia).
Order Rodentia - Family 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 Gerbillurus tytonis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438752.