Gerbillinae (redirect from Gerbils)
Rupicolous gerbil, Dipodillus rupicola Lesser short-tailed gerbil, Dipodillus simoni Somalian gerbil, Dipodillus somalicus Khartoum gerbil, Dipodillus...
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common English names are: fat-tailed jird, fat-tailed rat, and beer mat gerbil. The fat-tailed gerbil is a medium-sized gerbil. Its body length is about 10 cm...
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The lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological...
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The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a large rodent found throughout much of Central Asia. The largest of the gerbils, great gerbils have a head and...
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The black-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus nigricaudus) is a species of rodent found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry...
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The greater short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus maghrebi) is a rodent found mainly in Morocco. Aulagnier, S. (2008). "Gerbillus maghrebi". IUCN Red List of...
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Press, 2005. "Fat-Tailed Gerbil (Duprasi)." The Gerbil Information Page. Ed. Karin van Veen. Nov. 2001. Dutch Gerbil Study Group. Gerbil Genetics Group....
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Maghreb, and hot Saharan deserts. The North African gerbil has long soft fur and a relatively long tail. The dorsal fur is cinnamon to orange-brown. Each...
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The Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodillus. It...
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and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active...
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in Saudi Arabia. This gerbil is similar in appearance to the lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) and Anderson's gerbil (Gerbillus andersoni)...
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North Saharan steppe and woodlands (category Articles with short description)
African gerbil (Gerbillus campestris), James's gerbil (G. jamesi), pale gerbil (G. perpallidus), lesser short-tailed gerbil (G. simoni), sand gerbil (G. syrticus)...
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Meriones (rodent) (category Articles with short description)
Meriones is a rodent genus that includes the gerbil most commonly kept as a pet, Meriones unguiculatus. The genus contains most animals referred to as...
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The highveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii) is a species of rodent found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
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The lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) is a small species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula...
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as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil. Gerbillus henleyi is a long-tailed small gerbil with a back coat that is dark grey-brown which has specific white...
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"least concern". The Guinean gerbil is a fairly large gerbil growing to a head-and-body length of about 150 mm (6 in) with a tail of about 175 mm (7 in). The...
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Hoogstraal's gerbil (Gerbillus hoogstraali) is distributed mainly in southwestern Morocco. There are thought to be less than 250 individuals in existence...
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The Indian gerbil (Tatera indica) also known as antelope rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in western and southern Asia, from...
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The fringe-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus) is a species of rodent found in Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Somalia...
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Dipodillus (category Articles with short description)
Rupicolous gerbil (Dipodillus rupicola) Lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) Somalian gerbil (Dipodillus somalicus) Khartoum gerbil (Dipodillus...
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The hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) is a species of rodent found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural...
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List of wild animals of Egypt (category Articles with short description)
Pale gerbil Gerbillus perpallidus Greater Egyptian gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum Lesser short-tailed gerbil Gerbillus simoni Genus: Meriones Sundevall's jird...
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The pleasant gerbil (Gerbillus amoenus) is a species of rodent found mainly in Libya and Egypt, and possibly Mauritania to Tunisia. This species is about...
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List of least concern mammals (category Articles with short description)
Cushioned gerbil Least gerbil Greater Egyptian gerbil Rosalinda gerbil Rupicolous gerbil Lesser short-tailed gerbil Tarabul's gerbil Waters's gerbil Indian...
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The western gerbil (Gerbillus hesperinus) is distributed mainly in northern Morocco. It is listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Aulagnier, S. (2019). "Gerbillus...
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The Balochistan gerbil or dwarf gerbil (Gerbillus nanus), is distributed mainly from Morocco across north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East...
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average head-and-body length of 94 mm (3.7 in) and a tail of 129 mm (5.1 in). It is a small gerbil, the upper pars being sandy orange, the individual hairs...
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The Sudan gerbil (Gerbillus nancillus) is distributed mainly in central Sudan. Granjon, L.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Gerbillus nancillus". IUCN Red List...
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The sand gerbil (Gerbillus syrticus) is distributed mainly in northeastern Libya. Less than 250 individuals are thought to be left in existence. It is...
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