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Waters's Gerbil
Gerbillus watersi de Winton, 1901
Also calledGerbille de Waters (fra) · Waters-Rennmaus (deu) · djiboutingerbiili (fin) · djiboutinhietagerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka samotna (pol) · pískomil Juliánův (ces) · pískomil Watwrsův (ces) · Песчанка Уотерса (rus) · ウォーターズアレチネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Novit. Zool. vol.8 p.399
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as G. juliani and G. watersi.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura. Listed both as a subspecies of G. nanus or as a valid species by F. Petter (1975 b) in the same report. The species should be considered distinct until revisionary studies advise otherwise (Lay, 1983). Roche and Petter (1968) reviewed juliani under Monodia, but F. Petter (1975 b) later synonymized it with G. watersi without supporting evidence. Roche (1975) provided evidence for uniting juliani with G. watersi, an action endorsed by Pavlinov et al. (1990). Lay (1983), however, recognized juliani as valid pending revision of the genus. Pearch et al. (2001) documented records from Djibouti, provided a good description of the species, comparing it with G. henleyi from the same country. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Endemic to NE Africa in Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Listed both as a subspecies of G. nanus or as a valid species by Petter (1975 b) in the same report. The species should be considered distinct until revisionary studies advise otherwise (Lay, 1983).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437818.