Flower's Gerbil
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| Flower's gerbil | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. floweri |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus floweri (Thomas, 1919) |
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Flower’s Gerbil, Gerbillus floweri is distributed mainly in Egypt, Sinai; south of El Arish. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.
[edit] References
- Schlitter (2004). Gerbillus floweri. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
