Gerbillus
Gerbillus Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent | |
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Pale gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
Tribe: | Gerbillini |
Subtribe: | Gerbillina |
Genus: | Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804 |
Type species | |
Gerbillus aegyptius | |
Subgenera | |
Hendecapleura |
Gerbillus is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus, however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate them.
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