Lowe's Gerbil

Lowe's Gerbil
Lowe's gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Dipodillus
Species: D. lowei
Binomial name
Dipodillus lowei
(Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Lowe's gerbil, Dipodillus lowei, is distributed mainly in Sudan; Jebel Marra. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.

References

  • Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus lowei. 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
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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