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Dipodillus

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Dipodillus
Dipodillus campestris - North African gerbil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Gerbillini
Genus: Dipodillus
Lataste, 1881
Type species
Gerbillus(Dipodillus) simoni[1]
Species

Dipodillus bottai
Dipodillus campestris
Dipodillus dasyurus
Dipodillus harwoodi
Dipodillus jamesi
Dipodillus lowei
Dipodillus mackilligini
Dipodillus maghrebi
Dipodillus rupicola
Dipodillus simoni
Dipodillus somalicus
Dipodillus stigmonyx
Dipodillus zakariai

Dipodillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of the genus Gerbillus.[2]

It contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.