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<emphasis id="1FE0C34AC02D1A35BF2DE13F793086FB" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) nanus</emphasis>
Blanford 1875
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<taxonomicName id="B44182E43CFB2293BEB160E6D46D15D9" ID-CoL="7V4XV" authority="Blanford 1875" authorityName="Blanford" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="D6E6B2862077875DFE5235D6E7D4C076" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) nanus</emphasis>
Blanford 1875
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,
<bibCitation id="9D407C78F0FEE27D9B7684BFEDAD3898" author="Blanford" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4" pageNumber="1229" pagination="312" title="Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) nanus" volume="16" year="1875">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16: 312</bibCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="96C702C67032A5F2DBE50B4E466A0A6D" pageNumber="1229">
<emphasis id="6E7AA2E0BB28E52A588BEFF6E0E422D5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1229">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="DA587591E4B2781F7D2D8A3BCB6729A1" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324700" country="Pakistan" pageNumber="1229">
<collectingCountry id="17D62F5C7515F8E634F12BDB7D20644B" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
, Gedrosia (see
<bibRefCitation id="3ED88D486A58D7E64C7D274CFC2936A8" 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>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EF3665FC585D54C2D989645B4772CC08" pageNumber="1229">
<emphasis id="7F0E53902CE30A26131A8FDAE84882DD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1229">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="701EE031C7CF3D2F3219F19BB6185D1A" language="eng" pageNumber="1229">
<collectingRegion id="A630E756F5906D89579951F23FC3D5B7" country="Pakistan" name="Balochistan">Baluchistan</collectingRegion>
Gerbil
</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="CFAA24ED3F0730FB093E83A81042FF7F" authority="(Thomas 1918)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1918" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arabium" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="4ADAE68CF0A3EF55261DEBB4B65710C5" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) arabium</emphasis>
(Thomas 1918)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="742108415B808A751199120B8770ECC8" authority="Thomas 1920" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indus" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="39477BA483CC0183D5EB05A2548418B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) indus</emphasis>
Thomas 1920
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C0BA29623FA34A1C895398895D0C02E" authority="Yerbury and Thomas 1895" authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lixa" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="945B6A8B1990BEC9E26B98BF7E643CA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) lixa</emphasis>
Yerbury and
<bibRefCitation id="DDD1F25B8E3F9E52FD8ABC4549C40F54" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352050" refString="Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 16: 160 - 164." year="1895">Thomas 1895</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="8DC909841B3F7138EF8ED6B6BC3411D2" authority="(Thomas 1902)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mimulus" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="FDF2B7878B4B859CE95F32117B4A429A" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mimulus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1902)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="969BC6B29E0AA2E3EF2CC23ED08E2C4B" authority="Harrison 1968" authorityName="Harrison" authorityYear="1968" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1229" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setonbrownei" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="8BC561F1D9468337A682D02152FA8B33" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) setonbrownei</emphasis>
Harrison 1968
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="D105D5E29A96E40DB0F6F2F667E76C60" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1229">Distribution:</emphasis>
An extensive range from the Baluchistan region of NW
<collectingCountry id="A479A51A97D1A10C9BF87E015530001D" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="E3FCDBC48463531A54E97D6FE8EB157D" country="India" name="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="CD6886BAF33A3B37DBDDC8342AA1D388" country="India" name="Gujarat">Gujarat</collectingRegion>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="4BE6705243AD843DC50E6857590B5836" author="Agrawal, V. C." refId="ref2022" refString="Agrawal, V. C. 2000. Taxonomic studies on Indian Muridae and Hystricidae (Mammalia: Rodentia). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 180, 186 pp." year="2000">Agrawal, 2000</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="956909BC4184330032D3DB7C1EC4A024" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
, S
<collectingCountry id="07132AE82549E991979F49C9E6E6550C" name="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="6AAAF8240A74323DE66E3D3C02B9485B" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
through the Arabian Peninsula,
<collectingCountry id="01CD60BE53C4A65D683C375203DEE0C0" name="Iraq">Iraq</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="5AE7EBAFB3B522C5AC2FF0F229DD6105" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="1872BF22233C247DA44D36D71A1099F9" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
, and North Africa to
<collectingCountry id="BD67188EBAB0EEA093265DC095D438E6" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
(
<collectionCode id="9B3C5B8FF48491A1DBF38A13B99AFE4E">SE</collectionCode>
side of Atlas Mtns; see
<bibRefCitation id="11967FA8A93D7AD415F6B1CFE228139D" 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
<collectingCountry id="716AA98B9EA4C28514189B1F5CFE1578" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="729E342A0D2B3337A921AAC80B444F52" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. F. Cosson &amp; J. Cuisin &amp; M. Tranier &amp; F. Colas" refId="ref126942" refString="Granjon, L., J. F. Cosson, J. Cuisin, M. Tranier, and F. Colas. 1997 a. Les mammifes du littoral Mauritanien: 2. Biogeographie et ecologie. Pp. 77 - 89, in Environnement et littoral Mauritanien, Actes du Colloque, 12 - 13 juin 1995, Nouakchott, Mauritanie (F. Colas, ed.). CIRAD (Collection Colloques), Montpellier, France, 193 pp." year="1997">
Granjon et al., 1997
<bibRefCitation id="BB6E2A2DE681AE4DB50BEF99E417D1A4" author="Van Den Bussche, R. A. &amp; S. R. Hoofer &amp; E. W. Hansen" refId="ref363626" refString="Van Den Bussche, R. A., S. R. Hoofer, and E. W. Hansen. 2002 b. Characterization and phylogenetic utility of the mammalian protamine P 1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 22: 333 - 341." year="2002">
<emphasis id="AEF2420D42BF88AB6108600A25EC733F" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">a</emphasis>
, 2002
<emphasis id="72836402C690C437B6432B6C827902A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
</bibRefCitation>
), and south in the Sahara to at least
<collectingCountry id="AF89E8C0CCE8A0C54C2E9E6168D9A325" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="83B913D5502EE79E791B683C303C7691" 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="148196112A06554E8A531E648ADA9FC1" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), NE
<collectingCountry id="9A9C29AE38069EC15DBC7E0A322F5379" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6A284E16E567C3D78FBCC4FEB3E7F785" 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="06B85059E88CA00E49A7BC026295AB91" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">a, b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
); see excellent map in
<bibRefCitation id="7D92704DA8EF08F9EEB3ADF564A00931" author="Lay, D. M. &amp; C. F. Nadler" refId="ref207596" refString="Lay, D. M., and C. F. Nadler. 1975. A study of Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae) east of the Euphrates River. Mammalia, 39: 423 - 445." year="1975">Lay and Nadler (1975)</bibRefCitation>
portraying range east of the Euphrates River.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="ECD984B5659AAF0F98F9F15957E65E20" pageNumber="1229" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="CBEEF11D7FCDA662F32E6169DCD2B4FD" pageNumber="1229">
<emphasis id="6EE7B89E24682DBC152B3567FEEEB40D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1229">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="04FE772AC9ADF5FA238009482BBB934D">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3F1FAE5ADB48045151A9E976760698CB" pageNumber="1229" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="17E0012E65BD0627731EC5206833C93A" pageNumber="1229">
<emphasis id="AC3961FAB4EF67B9A64A8E0C90195939" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1229">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="307FA0073E41058BFB0F65CBC7548DC3" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Hendecapleura">
<emphasis id="EEC651A0AE9BD24C04018ACA8859FA0B" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Hendecapleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Regional reviews of the species provided by
<bibRefCitation id="00407CA773362B7339654410961FD45F" author="Lay, D. M. &amp; C. F. Nadler" refId="ref207596" refString="Lay, D. M., and C. F. Nadler. 1975. A study of Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae) east of the Euphrates River. Mammalia, 39: 423 - 445." year="1975">Lay and Nadler (1975</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="429F392A49E6D9B38D2F6B39C32147D5" name="Iraq">Iraq</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="7E8B4FB99877757A21D0A558EBC72A88" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="720F32BF3D5A289E0CFFE1C6797CCFDF" author="Agrawal, V. C." refId="ref2022" refString="Agrawal, V. C. 2000. Taxonomic studies on Indian Muridae and Hystricidae (Mammalia: Rodentia). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 180, 186 pp." year="2000">Agrawal (2000)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="D68C091281887C483AB000B20B3BEADF" author="Chakraborty, S. &amp; V. C. Agrawal" refId="ref56514" refString="Chakraborty, S., and V. C. Agrawal. 2000. Mammalia. Pp. 15 - 83, in State Fauna Series No. 8, Fauna of Gujarat (Part I), Vertebrates (J. R. B. Alfred, ed.), Zoological Survey of India, 464 pp." year="2000">Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000</bibRefCitation>
; NW
<collectingCountry id="1E92663B5181E29FF154D70B0EEA6851" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="232EBE49C4940AF7ECFD13EFED978523" 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="22BC5C86A4FCDC50B1805C9AA2474CA9" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="5249ECEB3F952C3C9F4BF36EAC30B46F" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="BF1D2F01270F9BDD1FEFA3FB599B24A2" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="085D1ABCB94747A8C72BF95F3E7623D1" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="3DC5E2BCBA5D0106434FD879228246F5" 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>
, Arabia),
<bibRefCitation id="A52800CA63A14D327FD77AA347863FB7" 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="4AD2A545B61446103E89B1EC2D000D84" name="Yemen">Yemen</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="99E8EF0F1BC76262E9C4156CEF72FB50" 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="48350BEE59638730EA89FE92046402B5" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
),
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,
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N
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<bibRefCitation id="053DC0CD86FCECCA2134B70E5CE4C3DD" 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>
remarked that
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<emphasis id="29068B1CBF3FDD49C04C4752D8D6620C" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="14EC98544FB03F98BDC3FDBC979896A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. amoenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share several morphological and chromosomal traits and that the nature of their relationship should be explored by careful revision. Cranial morphology of Qatarian
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<emphasis id="5F60CE61FDC863DED3542300FDEFB78C" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="285FD9AF3C77631C625C590F766A6109" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cheesmani">
<emphasis id="EAD9AFE91478AB35CCDE948D86672CCE" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. cheesmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
contrasted by
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. Analysis of R- and C-banding of chromosomes by
<bibRefCitation id="F63AA6F13FD415378BF5B104E0E9671A" 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
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of
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<emphasis id="EFC4AAF45965F27F8BC73DA6FA2E2C82" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="77643A5757ABC9B84D27E73ECAE1F2E6" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="henleyi">
<emphasis id="73472B9850FACB0F305237FDF2AD432E" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. henleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="F289CADF787443704CF5A1037EE50824" authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poecilops">
<emphasis id="8BD84C8CBE1FE3E0C8E89538355C6768" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. poecilops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
revealed that the three species form a natural phylogenetic group derived from the same ancestor. Furthermore,
<bibRefCitation id="A26B9EDFED8A65DC46E3416E7F802E9B" 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
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concluded that &quot;
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<emphasis id="2501441F7E75D227A8ED4C49E0973FEB" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">Gerbillus nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
probably represents a series of forms presently undergoing speciation and showing incipient karyotype and morphological differentiation.&quot; They also pointed out the vast geographic distribution of
<taxonomicName id="A3A9F7F67A51AF0BA4ED32AFDCCF34B0" authorityName="Blanford" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="3C4CD33EA1CCAFA99406A18E9FBF0C85" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and described three morphological and two chromosomal
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discovered in their samples, two from Arabia and one from
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: &quot;a small form with large bullae and some submetacentric chromosomes (Al Hofuf), a large form with large bullae and acrocentric chromosomes (Taif), and finally, a large form from
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with small bullae and acrocentric chromosomes.&quot;
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Dobigny et al. (2001
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documented chromosomal traits of
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<emphasis id="978A438B794406005134B1FD62014276" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from NE
<collectingCountry id="837A74E361B830127C041B00F1E39AC9" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and
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described karyotype from
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samples. Reviewed by
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. The Algerian
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<emphasis id="461C1A61CBFDE34DDA092FE596B9D629" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">garamantis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is usually included in
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<emphasis id="BC555E4356A87CDB8150F2F56A525021" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DC5A7BDDDC3867E860C45682C4D54720" 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>
; F.
<bibRefCitation id="7B46C6089F88C15441992809B9B0854F" 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="DE6BA18FC85D2A18044B45B2F1B1AED4" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), but we list it as a separate species following
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; see account of
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<emphasis id="BA665AAC04E59F0A7DB961223209991C" italics="true" pageNumber="1229">G. garamantis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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