Thin sand rat
| Thin sand rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Psammomys |
| Species: | P. vexillaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Psammomys vexillaris Thomas, 1925
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The thin sand rat or lesser sand rat (Psammomys vexillaris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and intermittent saline lakes.
References
- Template:IUCN2010
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
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