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Mauritanian gerbil
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. mauritaniae
Binomial name
Gerbillus mauritaniae
Heim de Balsac, 1943

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.

References

Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
Pachyuromys
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
Gerbilliscus
Gerbillurus
Tatera
Taterillini
Taterillus
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
Subgenus Gerbillus:
Microdillus
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
Subgenus Parameriones:
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
Subgenus Cheliones:
Psammomys
Rhombomys
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
Taxon identifiers
Gerbillus mauritaniae
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