Gerbillurus
Appearance
Gerbillurus | |
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Hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Gerbillurini |
Genus: | Gerbillurus Shortridge, 1942 |
Type species | |
Gerbillus vallinus | |
Species | |
Gerbillurus paeba |
Gerbillurus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba)
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri)
- Dune hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis)
- Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus vallinus)
References
[edit]- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1222. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.