Principal Gerbil
Gerbillus principulus (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)
Also calledGerbille du Meidob (fra) · Hoofdrenmuis (nld) · Jebel-Meidob-Rennmaus (deu) · isosudaningerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka przednia (pol) · pískomil přední (ces) · アケボノアレチネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1923 p.262
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura. This species has been associated with G. nanus or G. watersi, but Lay (1983) regarded it as valid pending systematic revision. See the discussion in Pavlinov et al. (1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: This species has been associated with G. nanus or G. watersi, but Lay (1983) regarded it as valid pending systematic revision.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. The Principal Gerbil is probably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gerbillus principulus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437843.