Biology:Pygmy gerbil
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Pygmy gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. henleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus henleyi de Winton, 1903
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The pygmy gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi) is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil. Gerbillus henleyi is a long-tailed small gerbil with a back coat that is dark grey-brown which has specific white spots, and the species has small upper molars.[2] Gerbillus henleyi, like other species of the Genus Gerbillus, forage nocturnally and have mainly a plant based diet, and also depend on those dietary items for energy and water.[3]
References
- ↑ Granjon, L. (2016). "Gerbillus henleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T9127A115090818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9127A22464262.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9127/115090818. Retrieved 21 February 2022.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ↑ Bouarakia, O., Denys, C., Nicolas, V., Tifarouine, L., Benazzou, T., & Benhoussa, A. (2018). Notes on the distribution and phylogeography of two rare small Gerbillinae (Rodentia, Muridae) in Morocco: Gerbillus simoni and Gerbillus henleyi. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 341(7-8), 398–409. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2018.08.001
- ↑ Khokhlova, I. S., Kam, M., & Degen, A. A. (1997). A Small Gerbil That Maximizes Intake of Energy from Low-Energy Food. Journal of Mammalogy, 78(1), 158–162. doi: 10.2307/1382648
Wikidata ☰ Q289439 entry
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