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<emphasis id="B01ADECD60BF0CD7A43E62BE9D96559A" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) henleyi</emphasis>
de Winton 1903
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<treatmentCitation id="002A96DB104A9D96473C9ABAC0D45AA2" author="de Winton" authority="de Winton 1903" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" journal="Novit. Zool." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="284" pageNumber="1227" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="henleyi" subGenus="Hendecapleura" title="Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) henleyi" volume="10" year="1903">
<taxonomicName id="051EB2B4A4152E163E59E03E62B1F36F" ID-CoL="7V4XN" authority="de Winton 1903" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1227" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="henleyi" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="6F27DDF8584A955E99E8D511EDCE685A" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) henleyi</emphasis>
de Winton 1903
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="BD2733DEBFFBD0A172910E205479524A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="095A8C188DE2C0053928B41DCD1412F3" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
, Wadi Natron, Zaghig.
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<emphasis id="E09F4AB68D1B9A9AFCE7478BF0035914" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="365213B5F644298A9C038B32993858C4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7D8DE445839EF21C87BD4D3C5D371243" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) jordani</emphasis>
(Thomas 1918)
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;
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<emphasis id="5FDB206E599C8920EF4A514C59A17907" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) makrami</emphasis>
(Setzer 1958)
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="6C3162367F4ADB77C47B9A674B6BC00F" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mariae</emphasis>
(Bonhote 1910)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B4D0730E867572FD58F9EAB4C674CC09" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Distribution:</emphasis>
From C
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(south of Atlas Mtns) and
<collectingCountry id="A44151A618E97F6040C65EE0E325D95E" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
through N Africa to Sinai Peninsula, NE
<collectingCountry id="6360AC9088B99875D8B28CA7AE046A19" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="AD71AC9D4440B9331563ACA3FCC53823" name="Djibouti">Djibouti</collectingCountry>
(Perch et al., 2001); then through
<collectingCountry id="C3F1213A2D6C95021D0A9F6652DA3C88" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="49E8866DC60162837E46EDC062C46572" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="08B1C14FE4AFB83D569ED3F8AD325CA0" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E8B24F14B7D42DF7E5A2A8E9516A4D75" 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>
), with scattered records in W
<collectingCountry id="982E0DA2603A3AE882D7B482763DA4CF" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
, N
<collectingCountry id="2C6DA50A417912227B20C8E42DF8E926" name="Yemen">Yemen</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="1021E58EB1A98AE722EB52225BBE393E" name="Oman">Oman</collectingCountry>
(Harrison and Bates); also recorded from
<collectingCountry id="AD382270E4398EC51C325C1D8FEDE45F" name="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AF4252059582A5C0EDD6FADA2CEE371F" author="Maddalena, T. &amp; B. Sicard &amp; M. Tranier &amp; J. C. Gautun" refId="ref221174" refString="Maddalena, T., B. Sicard, M. Tranier, and J. C. Gautun. 1988. Note sur la presence de Gerbillus henleyi (De Winton, 1903) au Burkina-Faso. Mammalia, 52: 282 - 284." year="1988">Maddalena et al., 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="259E1E8C2C61A1AD71B64C6CF3C25C71" author="Volobouev, V. T. &amp; M. Lombard &amp; M. Tranier &amp; B. Dutrillaux" refId="ref375954" refString="Volobouev, V. T., M. Lombard, M. Tranier, and B. Dutrillaux. 1995 a. Chromosome-banding study in Gerbillinae (Rodentia). I. Comparative analysis of Gerbillus poecilops, G. henleyi and G. nanus. Journal of Zoological, Systematic, and Evolutionary Research, 33: 54 - 61." year="1995">
Volobouev et al., 1995
<emphasis id="EFD481F5AE64204934ACB79541C2F142" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="E60D5102A1CA9FBFA0C0D5FD51955A53" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B64D9ACEAD70F70DE27FB729359E0D17" 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="A9AE9FE8ABD87707C24EE6751DC2478A" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), and N
<collectingCountry id="6EEE222C9BFE4E2CF7FE0728DEB6C780" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
(Bâ et al., 2000;
<bibRefCitation id="DFE133A8108A54398741813A57E219AC" 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 et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="9784ED99B96E832016D943DA80F43EF0" 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="427C340F6E818991FD902840A3E82338" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8006962E3497ECB972AE12AF5BDA47FC" pageNumber="1227" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="1CEB65B0C9AFF1B98A5DDC5442616296" pageNumber="1227">
<emphasis id="B7243DC2F39F6B5440F0AA7AD7A5B7D2" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="525936DAECC59EB1750D08186355021E">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="72A18FDD0B8EBE88D89626EA831116D2" pageNumber="1227" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="AD187173A39BD4AA62F10AD3913F0609" pageNumber="1227">
<emphasis id="F06054A203B4C1CB9275EB715ED0F382" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1227">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="215EC770FE9B7D64619A361D8E7ADD0F" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="E8DDF7123A8297B02039DC2B191FEA47" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">Hendecapleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Broad segments of the species reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="58D00692EC34398DAD1BDF98EB665D63" 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="5762729C5EFA1ACDF247C41AC06502B3" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="1196E8BB18265676C7413F8160AADB4A" 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="69D529CFE68B5263A77893E274DBB375" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="DDB934A6DD5E174EBE0A5852302EDC41" 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="8876BB63F7081D2CFABE8649EFA1D905" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="7653C1547C5A1211F1BAB1FFB6770355" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="610C146A38573F4C5FDCE8165785D6A2" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="8C0B910D5BBE1A75C1863144EF97A099" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="1605CDEE7FA5E21A899BF8E32A254E27" 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="2D6D2D4FBC2011B409374BDCA4CFD631" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="AFAC4081573A58E1903DFAE5CC73BB54" name="Djibouti">Djibouti</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="9BA19D964756EAAE5DB37B4AF47A108D" author="Al-Jumaily, M. M." refId="ref4335" refString="Al-Jumaily, M. M. 1998. Review of the mammals of the Republic of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia, 17: 477 - 502." year="1998">Al-Jumaily (1998</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="87864BB0DBCC120D4DFE24915A1D65E4" name="Yemen">Yemen</collectingCountry>
), and
<bibRefCitation id="3034A11D7672E757EC85F1DBF72A5EC4" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="480AEE38D5CF4CF8B49BF2C9E6E4DA07" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
). The occurrences in
<collectingCountry id="AD024FF5F11DFC0A71649A0FDAE403D0" name="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="A6C1D6BBFCF20684B8CABBF41790C904" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
were postulated to reflect the southward expansion of Saharan environments (
<bibRefCitation id="9D025E52F9EF37779091CC4A4310E565" 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="85D94D7E798FEAD43737693CDC0AF007" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
). R- and C-banding of chromosomes of
<taxonomicName id="FB0F9FE108AE5423DAF461522CADAB72" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="henleyi">
<emphasis id="91D5D57076030429C2270531DA6FB755" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">G. henleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F92FBF1D8BE503695915EC67CAD828C2" authorityName="Blanford" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="0127823C91A197942D6942C0ACFDC412" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="07F52C3884E715CA9A4A956689381C5F" authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poecilops">
<emphasis id="ED7C6D50A1DA1C662AA91BCAD97A78EA" italics="true" pageNumber="1227">G. poecilops</emphasis>
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was documented by
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, who concluded that the three species form &quot;a natural group deriving from the same ancestor, which may have been poorly adapted to dry conditions.&quot; Additional chromosomal data from
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sample documented by
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Dobigny et al. (2002
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. The record from
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is the southernmost on the African continent (
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). Reviewed by
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.
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