Gerbillus

Gerbillus; Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
	Pale gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Tribe:	Gerbillini
Subtribe:	Gerbillina
Genus:	Gerbillus; Desmarest, 1804
Type species
	Gerbillus aegyptius;
Subgenera
	Hendecapleura; Gerbillus

Gerbillus is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus,^[2] however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate them.

Species

Genus Gerbillus

Subgenus Hendecapleura
- Pleasant gerbil, Gerbillus amoenus
- Brockman's gerbil, Gerbillus brockmani
- Black-tufted gerbil, Gerbillus famulus
- Algerian gerbil, Gerbillus garamantis
- Grobben's gerbil, Gerbillus grobbeni
- Pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi
- Mauritanian gerbil, Gerbillus mauritaniae (sometimes considered a separate genus Monodia)
- Harrison's gerbil, Gerbillus mesopotamiae
- Darfur gerbil, Gerbillus muriculus
- Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus
- Large Aden gerbil, Gerbillus poecilops
- Principal gerbil, Gerbillus principulus
- Least gerbil, Gerbillus pusillus
- Sand gerbil, Gerbillus syrticus
- Waters's gerbil, Gerbillus watersi
Subgenus Gerbillus
- Berbera gerbil, Gerbillus acticola
- Agag gerbil, Gerbillus agag
- Anderson's gerbil, Gerbillus andersoni
- Swarthy gerbil, Gerbillus aquilus
- Burton's gerbil, Gerbillus burtoni
- Cheesman's gerbil, Gerbillus cheesmani
- Dongola gerbil, Gerbillus dongolanus
- Somalia gerbil, Gerbillus dunni
- Flower's gerbil, Gerbillus floweri
- Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus
- Indian hairy-footed gerbil, Gerbillus gleadowi
- Western gerbil, Gerbillus hesperinus
- Hoogstraal's gerbil, Gerbillus hoogstraali
- Lataste's gerbil, Gerbillus latastei
- Sudan gerbil, Gerbillus nancillus
- Nigerian gerbil, Gerbillus nigeriae
- Occidental gerbil, Gerbillus occiduus
- Pale gerbil, Gerbillus perpallidus
- Cushioned gerbil, Gerbillus pulvinatus
- Greater Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus pyramidum
- Rosalinda gerbil, Gerbillus rosalinda
- Tarabul's gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Abiadh-2] Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

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