Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1189
1531
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Gerbillurus (Gerbillurus) setzeri
Schlitter 1973
Gerbillurus (Gerbillurus) setzeri
Schlitter 1973
,
Bull. S.
California
Acad. Sci., 72: 13
.
Type Locality:
Namibia
, Gobabeb,
1 mi
(1.6 km) E Namib Desert Research Station.
Vernacular Names:
Setzer's Hairy-footed Gerbil
.
Distribution:
Namib Desert, from the Namib-Naukluft Natl. Park north through
Namibia
to extreme SW
Angola
(
Crawford-Cabral, 1998
;
Meester et al., 1986
;
Skinner and Smithers, 1990
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Gerbillurus
. Interpretation of chromosomal data indicated
G. setzeri
and
G. tytonis
are closely related (Qumsiyeh et al., 1991). Reviewed by
Perrin (1997
e
)
and
Griffin (1990)
, who also mentioned an undescribed form (
G
. cf.
setzeri
) coexisting with
G. setzeri
.