North African Gerbil

North African Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. campestris
Binomial name
Dipodillus campestris (Loche, 1867)
Synonyms
Gerbillus campestris (Loche, 1867) quadrimaculatus (Lataste, 1882)

The North African Gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, possibly Chad, possibly Mauritania. Its natural habitats are rocky areas, hot deserts, and arable land. IUCN lists Gerbillus quadrimaculatus, a synonym of D. campestris as critically endangered.

References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Dipodillus campestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.

External links

• e-gerbil, Gerbillus campestris page