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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusGerbillus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Black-tufted Gerbil

Gerbillus famulus Yerbury & Thomas, 1895

Also calledGerbille (fra) · Schwarzquasten-Rennmaus (deu) · jemeningerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka jemeńska (pol) · pískomil jemenský (ces) · Чернохвостая песчанка (rus) · クロフサアレチネズミ (jpn)

First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1895 p.551

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura. A large and elegant gerbil whose morphology, geographic range, and ecology were elucidated by Harrison and Bates (1991); also reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Endemic to South Yemen and North Yemen (see Harrison and Bates, 1991: 272).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: A large and elegant gerbil whose morphology, geographic range, and ecology was reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to South Yemen and North Yemen (see Harrison and Bates, 1991: 272).

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 2437813.