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<emphasis id="3333CDB51F25EF746F50DC7BD5673AA5" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) gerbillus</emphasis>
(Olivier 1801)
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<taxonomicName id="30E6B0387B682A676BD1021C5CC9F903" ID-CoL="7V4WF" authority="(Olivier 1801)" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1801" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gerbillus" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="47CDE0F2E3F889D7AB51F0691046A3FB" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">[Gerbillus (Gerbillus)] gerbillus</emphasis>
(Olivier 1801)
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="D9C593002BEC08C96DF7F7C15DA5D756" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="734CC467EA1EC01EAAB99A89D46690CE" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="8E93C2AEB2D5C2046179585320F0F98D" country="Egypt" name="Al Jizah">Giza Province</collectingRegion>
.
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<emphasis id="0F22AFA9325CBAF603CC0D1698748341" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="175009E345A958D43AD54DC1389FFA98" language="eng" pageNumber="1226">Lesser Egyptian Gerbil</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A154A4EC537357BE5BB8E7C77A3B382C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A0F27F26C2A5BA906BC76B184D939FCF" authority="Desmarest 1804" authorityName="Desmarest" authorityYear="1804" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aegyptius" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="97F3653BE427399B091385BD71DCEBDE" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) aegyptius</emphasis>
Desmarest 1804
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="BC673FBA369F9719350984DDC4F54031" authority="Ranck 1968" authorityName="Ranck" authorityYear="1968" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aeruginosus" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="774BE7374E4426F7A6799F05C07A7790" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) aeruginosus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="71A09875AAEB903A74B706A6C3AA2C56" 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>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D64B5F0F3B48153C6E0E8BFF59F63829" authority="Setzer 1960" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1960" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asyutensis" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="808E8533DD6280A0FB5B061BCE125F5D" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) asyutensis</emphasis>
Setzer 1960
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5C9FC1ED1B2177C4B74C684DD9C58D28" authority="Ranck 1968" authorityName="Ranck" authorityYear="1968" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="discolor" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="0A9326156D313EA7BADD3F19392ED346" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) discolor</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="ABCDBB163723DD04A2B6C72F48B67387" 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>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="8F2B9641F633CE966A82571777A23934" authority="Heim de Balsac 1936" authorityName="Heim de Balsac" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="foleyi" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="3A333F91669C2BD9A1056854AB075C0B" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) foleyi</emphasis>
Heim de Balsac 1936
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="8FACC0887DDFACD11D5F39BD4E16054E" authority="Lataste 1881" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hirtipes" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="BD5F1DD6874C25BF7AEDCBB3384FC1E4" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) hirtipes</emphasis>
Lataste 1881
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="9E53EFBCC3F7B93699A053DE3BF2367F" authority="(Wagner 1843)" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1843" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longicaudus" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="C201B5B6D492AE41E2FDADB5BF954A0B" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) longicaudus</emphasis>
(Wagner 1843)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E60A4DBF0DB319D6512CA3A535D7E40F" authority="Ranck 1968" authorityName="Ranck" authorityYear="1968" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="psammophilous" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="A19E86385AB65BD3BA232F30F657A816" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) psammophilous</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3AB75A184F89432E36CD9983249CD7E0" 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>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="93F0D5684D742139F0D7060FBB5446E2" authority="Setzer 1956" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1956" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1226" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis" subGenus="Gerbillus">
<emphasis id="FABC4EA899A4F536A71756BF15B34027" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) sudanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="145C0FA95669F0FBA185FA32206CD8CF" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer 1956</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="310D9E13C00545D6249A96E657BF96F5" pageNumber="1226">
<emphasis id="ADDE2FF86B7CB22193DB98AD8B734FDF" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Distribution:</emphasis>
From SW
<collectingCountry id="49B73C8EEEEBE63916C88F00BFCF011A" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
and S
<collectingCountry id="23208A6052BAD0A6148A6A312829ADD6" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
through
<collectingCountry id="14B183063F1983EED307BD5E69AB97DD" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
, N
<collectingCountry id="A249F0F3D518158B628EEAD514C03BED" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1A5EAA7F92B840037E8E91E5979AE2E9" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock &amp; J. C. Hillman" refId="ref397425" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164." year="1996">Yalden et al., 1996</bibRefCitation>
) and
<collectingCountry id="9D8E638DB1CF9B8FC004A0ED3B002106" name="Djibouti">Djibouti</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="7962B43BB4C129EC0EC7F07A9F7D51B5" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
and SW
<collectingCountry id="672740BC3AAAF84E1990D330453150F1" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
; also N and S
<collectingCountry id="2B552DE9F1AC70C90F133DC4AC87D44D" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, N
<collectingCountry id="F73E815965E5F4C59349C8D96F492EB8" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
, and N
<collectingCountry id="BE09838767F09AF5AA9492FCD069E006" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="89B25E987514DB2D4673079244779B00" 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="9ECFD21A852AFD94DFFE31ED2F948475" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet, 1978
<emphasis id="8D5E813C15B4F7AFE7C265EEB67F0CA2" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B5B310556C27FF513BA326A59EC94D6A" 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="FB041F99DE5759E112F8ADD2946F8DCD" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05530002C2FD4A633FC12D1EF6F3049C" 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="7648D40236A2FFD3A742BC6D9D863F67" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B63CB53085C71F2FB096C9DA21A25E18" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates, 1991:283</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7C88DA874F7D45526B1CEEB32E34F50C" author="Mendelssohn, H. &amp; Y. Yom-Tov" refId="ref237283" refString="Mendelssohn, H., and Y. Yom-Tov. 1999. Fauna Palaestina. mammalia of Israel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Keterpress Enterprises, Jerusalem, 439 pp." year="1999">Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov, 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="0D6B78C6CBCBE2C33E4FDB89942A2A60" author="Osborn, D. J. &amp; I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980:131</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C0EC96B51EC53873EA74622AB2B0D8E7" author="Pearch, M. J. &amp; P. J. J. Bates &amp; C. Magin" refId="ref278354" refString="Pearch, M. J., P. J. J. Bates, and C. Magin. 2001. A review of the small mammal fauna of Djibouti and the results of a recent survey. Mammalia, 65: 387 - 409." year="2001">Pearch et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="70A986E05CB2F0F752720F74E79F9947" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B." refId="ref294955" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B. 1996. Mammals of the Holy Land. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 389 pp." year="1996">Qumsiyeh, 1996</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C8F1C7007CDD767B68D64C535D6AE906" pageNumber="1226" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="7AA9FB3EFF0D6A7A8CBB8F897F38B317" pageNumber="1226">
<emphasis id="9876A6741AC516ED0FE5109C80F3582B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="98D66DD8E43346C603EA5BCF1228E475">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="26DD0C0E4A2F93A9D90F9BEA7EAE9A73" pageNumber="1226" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="DDD4C04810C642A1E36D98688BCE3EB2" pageNumber="1226">
<emphasis id="DDBCA59DE441197384BB16659F44DF51" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1226">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="E50789B860B26950FD5062282DB2E35E" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">Gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Geographic portions reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="2CA43BD38E4702E6B7523304DE7FB8F1" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="6B3CA76B78D40649B82F3D43437B2EF3" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="AF7BA6C527F8E5EDEA6EDDFF863658BD" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet (1978
<emphasis id="2E5D025650E814C2E52E17582AC2C69E" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="9393F7C94D37FED3BEF2B8B3728A6113" 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>
,
<bibRefCitation id="2B119204B2D7B3E1A7A8FE224C931AA6" author="Kowalski, K. &amp; B. Rzebik-Kowalska" refId="ref196029" refString="Kowalski, K., and B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wroclaw, Poland, 370 pp." year="1991">Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991</bibRefCitation>
,
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),
<bibRefCitation id="84A9A98575DB90725A4903C55BB84431" author="Osborn, D. J. &amp; I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="E7A9A4D2F4CB04D38D34BEAC614AC04D" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
),
<collectingCountry id="557A532B81CD94954D52FD27B82E08B4" name="Djibouti">Djibouti</collectingCountry>
(
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),
<bibRefCitation id="C97E0650D8BACB29249EC13B64434356" author="Saleh, M. A. &amp; M. I. Basuony" refId="ref315239" refString="Saleh, M. A., and M. I. Basuony. 1998. A contribution to the mammalogy of the Sinai Peninsula. Mammalia, 62 (4): 557 - 575." year="1998">Saleh and Basuony (1998</bibRefCitation>
, Sinai Peninsula),
<bibRefCitation id="0073FCFF28282975BB58824F4ADF1648" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B." refId="ref294955" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B. 1996. Mammals of the Holy Land. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 389 pp." year="1996">Qumsiyeh (1996</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="1B6CB243DD6B7C7B3FD2F018055466EB" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="511F5B2697CB130BAB48D2F855234D51" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
) and
<bibRefCitation id="3D30FF17BABAD9BCD99CE91A222ED533" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates (1991</bibRefCitation>
, Arabian Peninsula).
<bibRefCitation id="47DE1C90BDDC63FD9024283E26B9EEA2" author="Meinig, H." refId="ref236843" refString="Meinig, H. 2000. Notes on the mammal fauna of the southern part of the Republic of Mali, West Africa. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 49 (1 - 4): 101 - 114." year="2000">Meinig (2000)</bibRefCitation>
reported
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<emphasis id="87420DB75675D7FCB5408995512BA903" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">G. gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from an isolated sand-belt in S
<collectingCountry id="4FCA2DC26349958BE9AB55F457BDC3AC" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
. In 1983, Lay drew attention to the lack of inquiry into variation in this species, which has such an extensive range; that complaint stands today and the species needs careful taxonomic review. The form
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<emphasis id="5F9F0593470A65C0A02ED5B63F32CD27" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">hirtipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="8ABBA6B8A6F7A0012A89167D2B9B46A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">G. gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Cockrum (1976
<emphasis id="2A6F4ABB030120CD763606D2B5569A46" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">a</emphasis>
), but because of his inadequate documentation,
<bibRefCitation id="53824AA98715169623E96D2AB3E24AEF" 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>
was reluctant to accept this union. Cockrum's evidence is scanty, but we are swayed by
<bibRefCitation id="9BCBE4E1BDE7991D2E4EDE539FA6CF97" author="Kowalski, K. &amp; B. Rzebik-Kowalska" refId="ref196029" refString="Kowalski, K., and B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wroclaw, Poland, 370 pp." year="1991">Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska's (1991)</bibRefCitation>
argument for merging
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<emphasis id="C5B7F4664DE59D31014ED2C196637BCF" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">hirtipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="04ABADC3D87E6B22CEF9AF311BAAA7EE" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1801" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gerbillus">
<emphasis id="DBDB7AD3D032690AACE2F7D2D0BD2553" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">G. gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="E93F39E7363A0122854B5CF01BF22F52" 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>
listed
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<emphasis id="5DDCF250AB5988103C5ADC834231FE8B" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">aegyptius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<emphasis id="57E26D896B0E457B225935DF6A886AF8" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">incertae sedis</emphasis>
, but
<bibRefCitation id="982C5F69CCF3B6E7BB22C9C9A753FA93" author="Ellerman, J. R. &amp; T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" refId="ref93180" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1951">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="36E53AEB6A927D37C14033D54CF7FD3D" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet (1978
<emphasis id="BCC5548CA26C411A5C676994956B9F3F" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
placed it in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B609DAAC1C6F3DB952BBDA0187C84F4E" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">G. gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="102289162A0A5CE43E3BA6BDB249F7AC" 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>
also treated
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<emphasis id="12D68F4DB9A9C2232DF4710946C9E038" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">longicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<emphasis id="70BCA120AF60CB39D897CDB98C8689D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">incertae sedis</emphasis>
, but
<bibRefCitation id="FE91B01F8422099A732C468836A2AA78" author="Cockrum, E. L. &amp; H. W. Setzer" refId="ref63362" refString="Cockrum, E. L., and H. W. Setzer. 1976. Types and type localities of North African Rodents. Mammalia, 40: 633 - 670." year="1976">Cockrum and Setzer (1976)</bibRefCitation>
quoted Thomas as having seen the
<typeStatus id="44FBFAE6143FF86BDDD304F621D5763F">holotype</typeStatus>
in Munich and identifying it as
<taxonomicName id="366D0A8B9C6FC1A184DE486BBB15D20C" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1801" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gerbillus">
<emphasis id="81612E697E6262C6EE9A3009050B7D62" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">G. gerbillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The origin of multiple sex chromosomes in this species was discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="B6EE553E4A0F930720CA04FEB7E2FD73" author="Wahrman, J. &amp; C. Richler &amp; E. Neufeld &amp; A. Friedmann" refId="ref380236" refString="Wahrman, J., C. Richler, E. Neufeld, and A. Friedmann. 1983. The origin of multiple sex chromosomes in the gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae). Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 35: 161 - 180." year="1983">Wahrman et al. (1983)</bibRefCitation>
; karyotype (2n = 42/43, FNa = 72) similar in samples from
<collectingCountry id="299B092A598616326B5E90ECD42DE018" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="BE30458FD401601DB224C25D72432439" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6CBE5A2DC81B00587B907D01A729678C" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="24BD7482F0AF9059D70DB62E4EF378E8" name="Tunisia">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="1E25498B7195B3BCAF869E46C3A90A90" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D29014E10BC1F83A65444BB31086CD74" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="E8D08CF16AD4EBFF709C084A3684D96B" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(see references in
<bibRefCitation id="4E30004D2C1EDA96B8FD848A64DEC3D8" 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="6064E83CA246EC2931619D437C69B829" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
). Reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="21A2940A839B532A4DE2ABA164EE40AA" 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>
, who also treated the above-listed taxa as synonyms. Ecology and aspects of membership in small mammal community of coastal SW
<collectingCountry id="A4D98EA68F3D4BF6AA668014555AA191" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
reported by
<bibRefCitation id="6EF2049E195005A51B5E02FD022717B5" 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="450161DAABED5CEEB2E4BED4BCD2A158" italics="true" pageNumber="1226">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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