Mauritanian gerbil
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| Mauritanian gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. mauritaniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus mauritaniae Heim de Balsac, 1943
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The Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae) is distributed mainly in northern Mauritania. Some authorities place it in a separate genus, Monodia. It is also sometimes considered a subspecies of the Sudan gerbil.
References
[edit]- Schlitter & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus mauritaniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient