Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
)
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
)
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
(
)
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Gerbillinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Gerbillini
(
)
- Subtribe:
Gerbillina
(
)
- Genus:
Gerbillus
(
)
- Desmarest, 1804
- Specific name:
dasyurus
- Subspecies:
dasyurus
- Scientific name: - Gerbillus dasyurus dasyurus
- Subspecies:
dasyurus
- Specific name:
dasyurus
- Genus:
Gerbillus
(
- Subtribe:
Gerbillina
(
- Tribe:
Gerbillini
(
- Subfamily:
Gerbillinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gerbillus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 62 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. acticola (Berbera Gerbil) · G. agag (Agag Gerbil) · G. allenbyi (Allenby's Gerbil) · G. amoenus (Pleasant Gerbil) · G. andersoni (Anderson's Gerbil) · G. aquilus (Swarthy Gerbil) · G. bilensis (Bilen Gerbil) · G. bonhotei (Bonhote's Gerbil) · G. bottai (Botta's Gerbil) · G. brockmani (Brockman's Gerbil) · G. burtoni (Burton's Gerbil) · G. campestris (North African Gerbil) · G. cheesmani (Cheesman's Gerbil) · G. cosensi (Cosens's Gerbil) · G. cosensis (Cosens's Gerbil) · G. dalloni (Dallon's Gerbil) · G. dasyurus (Wagner's Gerbil) · G. diminutus (Diminutive Gerbil) · G. dongolanus (Dongola Gerbil) · G. dunni (Somalia Gerbil) · G. famulus (Black-Tufted Gerbil) · G. floweri (Flower's Gerbil) · G. garamantis (Algerian Gerbil) · G. gerbillus (Lesser Egyptian Gerbil) · G. gleadowi (Little Hairy-Footed Gerbil) · G. grobbeni (Grobben's Gerbil) · G. harwoodi (Harwood's Gerbil) · G. henleyi (Pygmy Gerbil) · G. hesperinus (Westerbn Gerbil) · G. hoogstraali (Hoogstraal's Gerbil) · G. jamesi (James's Gerbil) · G. juliani (Julian's Gerbil) · G. latastei (Lataste's Gerbil) · G. lowei (Lowe's Gerbil) · G. mackillingini (Mackillingin's Gerbil) · G. maghrebi (Greater Short-Tailed Gerbil) · G. mauritaniae (Mauritanian Gerbil) · G. mesopotamiae (Mesopotamian Gerbil) · G. muriculus (Barfur Gerbil) · G. nancillus (Sudan Gerbil) · G. nanus (Dwarf Gerbil) · G. nigeriae (Nigerian Gerbil) · G. occiduus (Occidental Gerbil) · G. percivali (Percival's Gerbil) · G. perpallidus (Pale Gerbil) · G. poecilops (Large Aden Gerbil) · G. principulus (Principal Gerbil) · G. pulvinatus (Cushioned Gerbil) · G. pusillus (Least Gerbil) · G. pyramidum (Greater Egyptian Gerbil) · G. quadrimaculatus (Four-Spotted Gerbil) · G. riggenbachi (Riggenbach's Gerbil) · G. rosalinda (Rosalinda Gerbil) · G. ruberrimus (Little Red Gerbil) · G. rupicola (Rupicolous Gerbil) · G. simoni (Lesser Short-Tailed Gerbil) · G. somalicus (Somalian Gerbil) · G. stigmonyx (Khartoum Gerbil) · G. syrticus (Sand Gerbil) · G. tarabuli (Tarabul's Gerbil) · G. vivax (Vivacious Gerbil) · G. watersi (Waters's Gerbil)
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Further Reading
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 633, p. 633.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7052389
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2478262
