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<emphasis id="B0E39C199607F93205588FCB36CB61E3" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tarabuli</emphasis>
Thomas 1902
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<emphasis id="D9B87C0D5868AD73B7917BC3C4A07E2D" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tarabuli</emphasis>
Thomas 1902
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.
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<emphasis id="8FF82BC3925E9673B40CFEEADB49B1D5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="6215D450E97D316418AE4671F703D6F1" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
, 
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.
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<emphasis id="274F0AD0E3B0B48C118C56DB358F1FB9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="FFCCDB0BAB408A0180F845168AB9AA5A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B1A7C2CFCBE29352FB094803E43B79FD" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hamadensis</emphasis>
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; 
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<emphasis id="49DDD7A2144F2175993699765602250F" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) riggenbachi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="433E074C07BFCA4CE54854D7C4E343F0" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352582" refString="Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243." year="1903">Thomas 1903</bibRefCitation>
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; 
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<emphasis id="78D9336C9A7DC78B751F1F1849865C67" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) tibesti</emphasis>
Setzer and Ranck 1971
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.
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<emphasis id="17A1B53B8FA8BCBEF199B1209F87D5D3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Distribution:</emphasis>
Ranges from N 
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and S 
<collectingCountry id="356C4329112E42931C9419DE5CCE2B11" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
(Bâ et al., 2001; 
<bibRefCitation id="0BA09BAC8D4993A0457AB296D6F8950B" author="Dobigny, G. &amp; A. Nomao &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref86333" refString="Dobigny, G., A. Nomao, and J. - C. Gautun. 2002 b. A cytotaxonomic survey of rodents from Niger: Implications for systematics, biodiversity and biogeography. Mammalia, 66 (4): 495 - 523." year="2002">
Dobigny et al., 2002 
<emphasis id="954A1C22BA7852C3FD1C4C81A62A9E08" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="0C60E05983E5CD9760706A2ECE42CE5B" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; K. Ba" refId="ref90376" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., L. Granjon, and K. Ba. 1991 a. Decouverte de trois especes de rongeurs nouvelles pour le Senegal: Un indicateur supplementaire de la desertification dans le nord du pays. Mammalia, 55: 313 - 315." year="1991">
Duplantier et al., 1991 
<emphasis id="3968F4669099AA8E9EF341D447FCA35E" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="6E2003ABB9E8E399577251BCEAA1B971" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref90251" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., and L. Granjon. 1992. Liste revisee des rongeurs du Senegal. Mammalia, 56 (3): 425 - 431." year="1992">Duplantier and Granjon, 1992</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="296C1E3E56479F4971F22B1452B6AC95" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. - M. Duplantier &amp; J. Catalan &amp; J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref126837" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1992. Karyotypic data on rodents from Senegal. Israel Journal of Zoology, 38: 263 - 276." year="1992">Granjon et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
, as 
<taxonomicName id="6CB35D44894AFBD819FEDF19FD8431C4" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
cf 
<emphasis id="6756EDAE6E78A187A1671418491A34DD" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="1389FF90A123FEB70B0E71861CEF512E" author="Granjon, L. &amp; C. Bruderer &amp; J. E. Cosson &amp; A. T. Dia &amp; F. Colas" refId="ref127196" refString="Granjon, L., C. Bruderer, J. E. Cosson, A. T. Dia, and F. Colas. 2002 b. The small mammal community of a coastal site of south-west Mauritania. African Journal of Ecology, 40: 10 - 17." year="2002">
Granjon et al., 2002 
<emphasis id="A0A09971B7F3EBC8B12D949F1927C96D" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">b</emphasis>
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) westward to the Cyrenaican Plateau of 
<collectingCountry id="A4864B291C12703A884FFDC36AB91378" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="75046D7A2D8DD89CC9A247D0FB956CD7" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck, 1968</bibRefCitation>
) and the 
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Mtns of 
<collectingCountry id="255EE33C8F88274C83414FBA564A0D04" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
(Setzer and Ranck, 1971; 
<bibRefCitation id="83DD09AC6C2D18C90D401E0C1F812B1D" author="Granjon, L. &amp; A. Bonnet &amp; W. Hamdine &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref127087" refString="Granjon, L., A. Bonnet, W. Hamdine, and V. Volobouev. 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of North African gerbils usually referred to as Gerbillus pyramidum (Gerbillinae, Rodentia): Chromosomal and biometrical data. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 64: 298 - 307." year="1999">Granjon et al., 1999:305</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="0F8A617FF850283237ED9CB6AE328231" pageNumber="1232">
<emphasis id="7A6B2458908E2D03B61D73B1F0E93B3C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="A0DA2F4E2B236CECD8EC47F4FD4857B2">IUCN</collectionCode>
– Lower Risk (nt) as 
<taxonomicName id="68635C3F46335B33288AEF4585A15E40" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="riggenbachi">
<emphasis id="29E038EF611AE1301949BA7A56C047A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. riggenbachi</emphasis>
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, Lower Risk (lc) as 
<taxonomicName id="B48FF308E4F4D6DD4078EF855D1D7251" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="5EB983EDAAE918D4E2CD2D9CB1D169C1" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="EE12A298E85A3F2A03154633A1570E72" pageNumber="1232">
<emphasis id="3835A57E8015A8B62A496F81158ACD22" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1232">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="10658F3AFF0A231DBE42A0C6C5B03667" pageNumber="1232">
Subgenus 
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<emphasis id="FCFC61F89DA449DA6C5EE3F27570EF2F" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus</emphasis>
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. Usually listed as a synonym of 
<taxonomicName id="9503E429A368BA61E706C2DD1978ADF9" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="2073ECF51264ED13E7D9C35616B73B08" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
<bibRefCitation id="C898FE505208500F07DCF6E429350442" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; Yu. A. Dubrovsky &amp; O. L. Rossolimo &amp; E. G. Potapova" refId="ref278052" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., Yu. A. Dubrovsky, O. L. Rossolimo, and E. G. Potapova. 1990. [Gerbils of the world.] Nauka, Moscow, 368 pp. (in Russian)." year="1990">Pavlinov et al., 1990</bibRefCitation>
), Lay et al. (1975) noted that 
<taxonomicName id="40D1EAD8003D5EF655DA98F29E7F2207" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="47680F4E8AF658DE3407A0BA0C9037B6" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">tarabuli</emphasis>
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could be distinguished by morphological traits. Future inquiry, according to 
<bibRefCitation id="FEAD50AE9D5FDF697E77090139DD6CF0" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay (1983:347)</bibRefCitation>
&quot;... should examine the possibility that the 2n = 40...forms reported from 
<collectingCountry id="4FA93E2BCB9D80AB69D66DBC5A74306D" name="Tunisia">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="6CA643F5E267EDF2ACF91C8D3AA573FB" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="BAF7A7B6B2834D1FC49ED8FCDC014441" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="668856AD48BE6058F1FDEBC0C4BD4DC0" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
...are conspecific and may be referable to 
<taxonomicName id="5B8364A0D15DD3788F1BBA25DB51D693" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="E34D62E3E92751386C084A4CE8218093" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
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.&quot; 
<bibRefCitation id="A40C6BDD54A7FE2D0468F2230D8E9DD5" author="Granjon, L. &amp; A. Bonnet &amp; W. Hamdine &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref127087" refString="Granjon, L., A. Bonnet, W. Hamdine, and V. Volobouev. 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of North African gerbils usually referred to as Gerbillus pyramidum (Gerbillinae, Rodentia): Chromosomal and biometrical data. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 64: 298 - 307." year="1999">Granjon et al. (1999)</bibRefCitation>
have examined the distribution of samples with the 2n = 40 complement and using analyses of G- and C-banding and morphometric data redefined the species limits of 
<taxonomicName id="4C87B327BF6AA498BCD08FE69BB4122F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="A0856AC42BD9253591F3F58CA81109D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
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and its geographic distribution, as outlined above. Diploid number and other chromosomal traits confirmed by 
<bibRefCitation id="47F482816558ED5834CADF697C7CAAC2" author="Chetoui, M. &amp; K. Said &amp; M. Rezig &amp; T. L. Cheniti" refId="ref60008" refString="Chetoui, M., K. Said, M. Rezig, and T. L. Cheniti. 2002. Analyse caryologique de quatre especes de gerbilles (Rongeurs, Gerbillinae) de Tunisie. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 127 (3): 211 - 221." year="2002">Chetoui et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
in Tunisian sample. 
<bibRefCitation id="A1C299AB9A622F17A9BB3584F718BA1E" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay (1983)</bibRefCitation>
felt 
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<emphasis id="8F06A3C20E5B51107B9FFF6A88D72CFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">hamadensis</emphasis>
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, named as a subspecies of 
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<emphasis id="E4CE412112C4A42BC78BB02E02B6F167" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
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by 
<bibRefCitation id="38796A4E7C768711F55D12F94F79AED9" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck (1968)</bibRefCitation>
, should provisionally be included in 
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<emphasis id="39BEF28B5E30C51FE085C8ECA86C9426" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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explained why 
<taxonomicName id="9CB048E4D19F8EDA5F28D943F564B6F5" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="riggenbachi">
<emphasis id="BCB1CBA608093B767B11CF9437CB34FB" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">riggenbachi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(formerly recorded from the type locality at 
<collectingCountry id="E4D3FF350E821BB3F4E1C3847F7FCF0C" name="Western Sahara">Rio de Oro</collectingCountry>
in 
<collectingCountry id="5E16A1F49CFCC04E13D43FE716A7644D" name="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</collectingCountry>
and south on the coast at Lagwera, near border with 
<collectingCountry id="8C417A956708A91F5B01678599DDBE34" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
(see map in 
<bibRefCitation id="0259F68FD2EDD9D1A9512C0E312ACB9F" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986</bibRefCitation>
) and N 
<collectingCountry id="00C310C6CE520344C20F7A3EE6521FBF" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F75F4BEC0BA37C10129A273AA3367B6" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; K. Ba" refId="ref90376" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., L. Granjon, and K. Ba. 1991 a. Decouverte de trois especes de rongeurs nouvelles pour le Senegal: Un indicateur supplementaire de la desertification dans le nord du pays. Mammalia, 55: 313 - 315." year="1991">
Duplantier et al., 1991 
<emphasis id="49DF490CBFB8DBA3A3B9E5DF53C6565B" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
) is a synonym of 
<taxonomicName id="DBF7C271789719A42C07EF139642375C" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="7AD77977F6628F5969BD76B10DB7902F" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="5550CAD286AAA514F71C39F6D322B41E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="riggenbachi">
<emphasis id="C0AD85640C8FF95E6DD22CAB99D86E39" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">riggenbachi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been included in either 
<taxonomicName id="2EB0F5906EA647AD5870455FE658F207" authority="(F. Petter, 1975 b)" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="59292A7C5DE8615D20E373FE4935F42C" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
(F. 
<bibRefCitation id="F65F2A99B9445538DBAACA578F5EDD70" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284143" refString="Petter, F. 1975 b. Subfamily Gerbillinae. Part 6.3. Pp. 7 - 12, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">
Petter, 1975 
<emphasis id="78094385675FA97C4B0740D02994AAD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
or 
<taxonomicName id="160E373DF344E4AA819B810987FF8774" authority="(Cockrum, 1977)" baseAuthorityName="Cockrum" baseAuthorityYear="1977" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latastei">
<emphasis id="4DA420B5AE6ECC9A8719F2AD7A296ADD" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. latastei</emphasis>
(Cockrum, 1977)
</taxonomicName>
, but 
<bibRefCitation id="60E88515065B82DA33244323A7D6B9EF" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay (1983:347)</bibRefCitation>
contended that it &quot;... should be regarded as distinct pending comprehensive revision...,&quot; an arrangement followed by 
<bibRefCitation id="8318C0946238EC80C9416935AC3E9939" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986)</bibRefCitation>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="F3F7E10A6522BD1F0FC8783A28D1A535" author="Granjon, L. &amp; A. Bonnet &amp; W. Hamdine &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref127087" refString="Granjon, L., A. Bonnet, W. Hamdine, and V. Volobouev. 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of North African gerbils usually referred to as Gerbillus pyramidum (Gerbillinae, Rodentia): Chromosomal and biometrical data. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 64: 298 - 307." year="1999">Granjon et al. (1999)</bibRefCitation>
also implicitly included 
<taxonomicName id="EC11732DB60D150C93AC8BC2B6C50C45" authorityName="Setzer and Ranck" authorityYear="1971" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tibesti">
<emphasis id="AC8A479A824B8987BBB3F4DC79F05338" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">tibesti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(from the 
<collectingRegion id="444AEA83E413149C08A55CE35EF640F2" country="Chad" name="Tibesti">Tibesti</collectingRegion>
Mtns of 
<collectingCountry id="1270ED59A24E68C3FD69705DB87DCF68" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
) in 
<taxonomicName id="52798E1470A7E45517EC90B3327CE2EE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="EFE92CFD2A386C9A3E622A9AF32279FC" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="6FE6417BF5C93435C9FC9178B63D8D17" authorityName="Setzer and Ranck" authorityYear="1971" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tibesti">
<emphasis id="6CCE9E6C96425E713A694D8D4D18F051" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">tibesti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described as a subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="49B2FE9C5E347BA0D6823A6CF91F887E" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="2894DC4E32243BCB286023EADC7DA2EF" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but 
<bibRefCitation id="66AD80EDDF004C3F8BB73CD4BFD404EC" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay (1983:346)</bibRefCitation>
noted &quot;It is unclear whether 
<emphasis id="C712D8B90C2ABFB3A081DB2E9FC379FF" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">
G. p. 
<taxonomicName id="64D94DFEEE475B8ABE57AE21E1A66AC1" authorityName="Setzer and Ranck" authorityYear="1971" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tibesti">tibesti</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
represents this form, another species or is distinct.&quot; 
<bibRefCitation id="56FE61C84323B8BD44DD80E3B6C9E168" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
listed it as a separate species pending revisionary studies of North African 
<taxonomicName id="84B35B9044025DE6C92CBEABDFF3BCD4" authorityName="Desmarest" authorityYear="1804" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A358AA671C2936879583E35D9425DC83" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The record from 
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is documented by Bâ et al. (2001) and was identified by its karyotype (2n = 40, FN = 74), which is typical of the species. See 
<bibRefCitation id="4C839438F6F751CA286DBCEDC73636CB" author="Dobigny, G. &amp; A. Nomao &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref86333" refString="Dobigny, G., A. Nomao, and J. - C. Gautun. 2002 b. A cytotaxonomic survey of rodents from Niger: Implications for systematics, biodiversity and biogeography. Mammalia, 66 (4): 495 - 523." year="2002">
Dobigny et al. (2002 
<emphasis id="CE1106791901057B12325E2555AB64A2" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
for additional chromosomal information.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3CDB7EF4F5420FB0E847945BCB03236D" pageNumber="1232">
<taxonomicName id="BC1D6591436FE3467EB3E07C4EB18C6B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="CE22571DCDD166F85B25EBB334274BEC" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">Gerbillus tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="B703B0B57E9BD67C8B7CB1E83EEEC097" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="E55AFA25CFBC83E1B56B85AA110C7EAD" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2n = 38) from 
<collectingCountry id="1D0FD321D2D51F48B381A4416F6AE36B" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="1733822664B6116255586712ADF2F64C" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, and 
<bibRefCitation id="501FA08F067D9473E138A074C1F3217D" author="Granjon, L. &amp; A. Bonnet &amp; W. Hamdine &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref127087" refString="Granjon, L., A. Bonnet, W. Hamdine, and V. Volobouev. 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of North African gerbils usually referred to as Gerbillus pyramidum (Gerbillinae, Rodentia): Chromosomal and biometrical data. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 64: 298 - 307." year="1999">Granjon et al. (1999)</bibRefCitation>
suggested the distribution of 
<taxonomicName id="31EEDCDA33C605A06F92B8EF634C936B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="4B9D83C35C9175ACE49907F0FBEF3804" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be separated from the range of 
<taxonomicName id="CD3C4327C5AAE1CDAA47B3D1EB899D23" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="B10F55B97EE61830AA300DE5C0EE14BE" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
<collectingCountry id="B2644AA89E47A4D12298919C7341DDB6" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
by the Cyrenaican Plateau and northern region of the Libyan desert. Those geomorphic features may separate Egyptian 
<taxonomicName id="061D96DE7002102790DE5E2684B05102" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="A386685892EA62E2AE0169EDB2FCBA03" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<taxonomicName id="B8C7F636BC9B5B0EE7CD2B3E214D36C3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="0F5EDF7DE1275185C1A0AC9C7C6B2E97" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but apparently the former also occurs in the Sahelian region of SE 
<collectingCountry id="7A55C52FD7E5994FEFDCC199DAFC5A41" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
, N 
<collectingCountry id="C825062D5EBDDBC515D795262FB3EDEB" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and W Niger (
<bibRefCitation id="4F9B54867BA6511C8C7EB249B252B885" author="Granjon, L. &amp; V. M. Aniskin &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; B. Sicard" refId="ref127143" refString="Granjon, L., V. M. Aniskin, V. Volobouev, and B. Sicard. 2002 a. Sand-dwellers in rocky habitats: A new species of Gerbillus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Mali. Journal of Zoology, London, 256: 181 - 190." year="2002">
Granjon et al., 2002 
<emphasis id="677770B0CBD9BC2BF12B5F196F925CC3" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
). 
<bibRefCitation id="13623DA257FDC1ABDE96A11FD490CF65" author="Dobigny, G. &amp; S. Moulin &amp; R. Cornette &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref86151" refString="Dobigny, G., S. Moulin, R. Cornette, and J. - C. Gautun. 2001 a. Rodents from Adrar des Iforas, Mali. Chromosomal data. Mammalia, 65 (2): 215 - 220." year="2001">
Dobigny et al. (2001 
<emphasis id="61BF52401974B18B91D4FD2CAA504589" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
documented 
<taxonomicName id="43AF172EB69A31358EEB9BACE3AF1584" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="CDCFBE99D9408BF25AE802D2356B2700" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from N 
<collectingCountry id="7E17765F5F662929FA3ECDAC4BAE6021" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, recorded the diploid number as 40, reported a species from the same area with a 2n of 38 that is probably 
<taxonomicName id="529F7D46ED46D9E614BAF05C536250D9" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="6B74923859320629BA3E5050A71578E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and recorded that species (identifications based on karyotypes) from the region outlined by 
<bibRefCitation id="1ABE6335FA39F663BEC1DBEBE1622B24" author="Granjon, L. &amp; V. M. Aniskin &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; B. Sicard" refId="ref127143" refString="Granjon, L., V. M. Aniskin, V. Volobouev, and B. Sicard. 2002 a. Sand-dwellers in rocky habitats: A new species of Gerbillus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Mali. Journal of Zoology, London, 256: 181 - 190." year="2002">
Granjon et al. (2002 
<emphasis id="CF2D2DD9A6540B2D013DBF28B60B2BD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
. Ecology and membership in community of small mammals in coastal SW 
<collectingCountry id="19CF44F4AC03A4F96FA6B2AE85C1FDB2" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="2B2386328B9F04A61E02B0DEE693CF43" author="Granjon, L. &amp; C. Bruderer &amp; J. E. Cosson &amp; A. T. Dia &amp; F. Colas" refId="ref127196" refString="Granjon, L., C. Bruderer, J. E. Cosson, A. T. Dia, and F. Colas. 2002 b. The small mammal community of a coastal site of south-west Mauritania. African Journal of Ecology, 40: 10 - 17." year="2002">
Granjon et al. (2002 
<emphasis id="530091E11B74D89ABBFB015B9920088A" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
. See account of 
<taxonomicName id="E34EDF4BAF5612BC09926B0AB2EDF5E3" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="CA229B2093EA51138010CBDD052C6675" italics="true" pageNumber="1232">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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