Somali pygmy gerbil
| Somali Pygmy Gerbil Temporal range: Recent
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| Genus: | Microdillus Thomas, 1910
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| Species: | M. peeli
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| Microdillus peeli (de Winton, 1898)
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The Somali Pygmy Gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is the only species in the genus Microdillus. It is found only in Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. 2004. Microdillus peeli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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