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Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison 1956
Description
Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956. J. Mammal., 37:417.
TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W. bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya.
DISTRIBUTION: Valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (Iraq; S. W. Iran).
COMMENT: Formerly included in dasyurus; see Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:532. Reviewed by Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39:423-445. DML includes mesopotamiae in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 415, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ED45FFC7FF8B526EFF92C416FF8BFFBD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Gerbillus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Harrison
- Species
- mesopotamiae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Lay, D. M., and C. F. Nadler. 1975. A study of Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae) east of the Euphrates River. Mammalia, 39: 423 - 445.