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Mesopotamian Gerbil
Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956
Also calledGerbille de Mésopotamie (fra) · Mesopotamien-Rennmaus (deu) · Mezopotamya Gerbili (tur) · eufratingerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka mezopotamska (pol) · pískomil mezopotámský (ces) · Месопатамская песчанка (rus) · عضل ما بين النهرين (ara) · يربوع ما بين النهرين (ara) · メソポタミアアレチネズミ (jpn)
First described in: J. Mammal. vol.37 p.417
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Uncommon but widely distributed along the Euphrates Valley and in Mesopotamia (Fig. 30). Previous records: Tell Al-Buderi, Tell Sheikh Hamad, es- Salihiyyeh, Qal’at er-Rahba, Halabiyyeh, Katir Magara, Kasret Muhammed Ali, and el- Ukersheh (Kock 1998), and el- Ukersheh (Shehab et al. 2004).
Checklist of Mammals of Syria
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura. Originally described as a subspecies of Dipodillus dasyurus, but later regarded as a distinctive species defined and reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Pavlinov et al. (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Iraq and SW Iran in valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (see Lay and Nadler, 1975).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Gerbillus mesopotamiae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437814.