Occidental Gerbil
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| Occidental gerbil | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. occiduus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus occiduus Lay, 1975 |
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The occidental gerbil, Gerbillus occiduus, is distributed mainly southwestern Morocco. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.
[edit] References
- Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus occiduus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
