Biology:Gerbil mouse
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Gerbil mouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Malacothrix Wagner, 1843 |
| Species: | M. typica
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| Malacothrix typica (A. Smith, 1834)
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The gerbil mouse[1] or long-eared mouse[2] (Malacothrix typica) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa . Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and temperate deserts.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coetzee, N. & Griffin, M. (2004). Malacothrix typica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ↑ Malacothrix typica - uniprot.org
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.
Wikidata ☰ Q1767957 entry
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