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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FF3DFA02FE8BEC2D" bold="true" box="[151,358,1525,1551]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Gerbillus henleyi</emphasis>
(De Winton, 1903)
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FF3DF9EFFEBAEC13" bold="true" box="[151,343,1560,1585]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Common name:</emphasis>
Pygmy gerbil.
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FF3DF997FEFEEC5B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1632,1657]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Very small (hence pygmy) gerbil with small ears. White patches above eye and behind ear. Dorsal color buff brown, under parts are white, with a distinct line of demarcation (
<figureCitation id="D3BA2A58FFBABA49FC1DF973FBC7ECBF" box="[951,1066,1668,1693]" captionStart="FIGURE 47" captionStartId="43.[151,250,905,927]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,193,884]" captionTargetId="figure@43.[264,1323,193,884]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="FIGURE 47. The pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi (photo by Mohammad Abu Baker)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1202869/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Figure 47</figureCitation>
). Soles of hind feet naked. Skull small and delicate, with strongly inflated bullae. Braincase very broad, with short rostrum. Teeth very small and delicate (
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).
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<paragraph id="4B3E36DDFFBABA49FF6DF907FD82ED57" blockId="42.[151,1436,1632,1981]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FF6DF907FDF5ED2B" bold="true" box="[199,536,1776,1801]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Localities: Previous records.</emphasis>
Al Jafr, Faidat Al Dhahik (
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); Al Hazīm, Al Jafr, Faydat ad Dahik, Ash Shawmarī (
<bibRefCitation id="2F104B2CFFBABA49FE66F8E3FCE5ED0E" box="[460,776,1812,1837]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" refId="ref30180" refString="Abu Baker, M. &amp; Amr, Z. (2003 a) A morphometric and taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbillus in Jordan with notes on its current distribution. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden), 53, 177 - 204." type="journal article">Abu Baker &amp; Amr, 2003 a</bibRefCitation>
&amp;
<bibRefCitation id="2F104B2CFFBABA49FC99F8E3FCA9ED0F" box="[819,836,1812,1837]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" refId="ref30224" refString="Abu Baker, M. &amp; Amr, Z. (2003 b) Rodent diversity in the Northeastern Desert of Jordan, with special reference on the ecology of Gerbillus cheesmani. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Casopis Narodniho Muzea, Rada prirodovedna, 172 (1 - 4), 141 - 152." type="journal article">b</bibRefCitation>
); Al Mudawwarah (Abu Baker &amp; Amr, 2004); Ash Shawmarī Wildlife Reserve (
<bibRefCitation id="2F104B2CFFBABA49FE76F8CFFD0CED73" box="[476,737,1848,1873]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" refId="ref30412" refString="Abu Baker, M., Qarqaz, M. &amp; Amr, Z. (2005) Small mammal remains recovered from pellets of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) at Shawmari Wildlife Reserve, eastern Jordan. Casopis Narodniho Muzea, Rada prirodovedna, 174 (1 - 4), 12 7 - 129." type="journal article">
Abu Baker
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., 2005
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).
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FD5EF8CFFBD9ED73" bold="true" box="[756,1076,1848,1873]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Materials from owl pellets.</emphasis>
Burqu' (Obuch, per. com.); Ash Shawmarī (Obuch, per. com.) (
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).
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBABA49FF6DF877FEC1EDBB" bold="true" box="[199,300,1920,1945]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Habitat:</emphasis>
Collected from Al Jafr area around cultivated fields (Atallah, 1978). This species prefers stony, gravelly falt deserts with ample vegetation. Its burrow is characterized by its small diameter (
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBBBA48FF3DFC7EFEF2E9BC" bold="true" box="[151,287,905,927]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">FIGURE 47.</emphasis>
The pygmy gerbil,
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(photo by Mohammad Abu Baker).
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBBBA48FF3DF876FED3EDB4" bold="true" box="[151,318,1921,1943]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">FIGURE 48. A.</emphasis>
Dorsal,
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBBBA48FE3EF875FE48EDB5" bold="true" box="[404,421,1922,1943]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">B</emphasis>
. Ventral views for the skull, and
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBBBA48FD5FF876FCE0EDB5" bold="true" box="[757,781,1921,1943]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">C.</emphasis>
Upper maxillary teeth for
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBBBA48FBB6F876FB26EDB5" box="[1052,1227,1921,1943]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Gerbillus henleyi</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFF3DFA78FEF2EF86" bold="true" box="[151,287,1423,1445]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">FIGURE 49.</emphasis>
Distribution of the pygmy gerbil,
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.
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFF6DFA3BFECCEFC7" bold="true" box="[199,289,1484,1509]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Biology</emphasis>
: A female was found to have six embryos (
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). In the Negev, two distinct breeding periods were observed, one in the spring and the second in late summer. In comparison with other species of the genus
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,
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFEFDF9E2FE2AEC0F" box="[343,455,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. henleyi</emphasis>
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is more a seed eater, more mobile with a less stable home range than
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFB72F9E2FAB6EC0F" box="[1240,1371,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. dasyurus</emphasis>
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. This suggests that
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFE99F9CEFE48EC73" box="[307,421,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. henleyi</emphasis>
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is more adapted to xeric habitats than other gerbils (Shenbrot
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFBD6F9CEFB50EC73" box="[1148,1213,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">et al.,</emphasis>
1994). The pygmy gerbil is the smallest rodent known to inhabit the Jordanian deserts. It was collected from the Hammada areas with scarce vegetation cover.
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<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFE19F976FDC8ECBB" box="[435,549,1664,1689]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. henleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is mostly associated with the sand jird,
<taxonomicName id="8C814D5EFFBCBA4FFC51F976FB2FECBA" authorityName="Sundevall" authorityYear="1842" box="[1019,1218,1665,1688]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassus">
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFC51F976FB2FECBA" box="[1019,1218,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Meriones crassus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the three-toed Jerboa,
<taxonomicName id="8C814D5EFFBCBA4FFF5AF953FD00EC9F" authority="jaculus (Abu Baker &amp; Amr, 2003 a)" authorityName="Abu Baker &amp; Amr" authorityYear="2003" box="[240,749,1700,1725]" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Jaculus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jaculus">
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFF5AF953FE4DEC9F" box="[240,416,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Jaculus jaculus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. It was collected from Al Jafr and Al Mudawwarah area in southern Jordan and was also associated with the sand jird (Abu Baker &amp; Amr, 2004).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="039B6556FFBCBA4FFF6DF91BFC75EDB7" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="4B3E36DDFFBCBA4FFF6DF91BFC75EDB7" blockId="44.[151,1437,1484,1941]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFF6DF91BFED9ED27" bold="true" box="[199,308,1772,1797]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Remarks</emphasis>
: In coloration and skull proportions, this species is identical to
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFBA9F91AFB63ED26" box="[1027,1166,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. h. mariae</emphasis>
from
<collectingCountry id="3396764DFFBCBA4FFB7EF91BFAE2ED27" box="[1236,1295,1772,1797]" name="Syria" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Syria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2F104B2CFFBCBA4FFAB5F91BFEACED0A" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref30180" refString="Abu Baker, M. &amp; Amr, Z. (2003 a) A morphometric and taxonomic revision of the genus Gerbillus in Jordan with notes on its current distribution. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden), 53, 177 - 204." type="journal article">Abu Baker &amp; Amr, 2003a</bibRefCitation>
). It differs from
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFDAAF8E6FD7CED0B" box="[512,657,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. h. jordani</emphasis>
from
<collectingCountry id="3396764DFFBCBA4FFD72F8E7FCC6ED0B" box="[728,811,1808,1833]" name="Tunisia" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
by being more grayish and having the gray hair bases longer. This conclusion is also shared by Harrison &amp; Bates (1991).
<taxonomicName id="8C814D5EFFBCBA4FFC0FF8C2FBFAED6F" baseAuthorityName="De Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[933,1047,1844,1869]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="henleyi">
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFC0FF8C2FBFAED6F" box="[933,1047,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">G. henleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows a 2N=52 and FN=62. The karyotype includes 8 submetacentric and 42 acrocentric autosomes. The X and Y are large and medium sized submetacentric chromosomes, respectively (
<bibRefCitation id="2F104B2CFFBCBA4FFD2DF88BFC61EDB7" box="[647,908,1916,1941]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref30364" refString="Abu Baker, M., Khalil, A., Sheyab, F. &amp; Amr, Z. (2009) A karyotypic study on rodents of the genus Gerbillus collected from Jordan. Vertebrate Zoology, 59 (1), 111 - 116." type="journal article">
Abu Baker
<emphasis id="79F5EACFFFBCBA4FFCA3F88AFCD4EDB7" box="[777,825,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">et al</emphasis>
., 2009
</bibRefCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
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