Cape Short-tailed Gerbil
Desmodillus auricularis (A.Smith, 1834)
Also calledGerbille (fra) · Korthaleørkenrotte (nob) · Kortstertnagmuis (afr) · Kurzschwanzrennmaus (deu) · Namakwalandse Nagmuis (afr) · kapingerbiili (fin) · pískomil běloskvrnný (ces) · skoczanka przylądkowa (pol) · Короткоухая песчанка (rus) · コミミアレチネズミ (jpn) · Kortstertnagmuis, (afr)
First described in: S. Afr. Quart. J., Ser. 2 vol.2 p.160
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Taxonomy and geographic distribution summarized by Meester et al. (1986). Ecology and distribution reviewed by Griffin (1990). Chromosomal traits documented by Qumsiyeh (1986) and compared with cytogenetic traits of southern African species of Gerbillurus and Gerbilliscus. Significance of differences in behavior patterns (Dempster et al., 1993) and acoustic repertoire (Dempster and Perrin, 1994) documented between D. auricularis and species of Gerbilliscus.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: South Africa (Northern Cape and Western Cape Provs., SW Free State, and Gauteng), S Botswana, Namibia, and SW Angola (see Perrin, 1997 a; Skinner and Smithers, 1990; Crawford-Cabral, 1998, reviewed and mapped the Angolan records).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: South Africa, Little Namaqualand, Kamiesberg (Meester et al., 1986).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Taxonomy and geographic distribution summarized by Meester et al. (1986). Ecology and distribution reviewed by Griffin (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437723.