''Dipodillus'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of the genus
Gerbillus
''Gerbillus'' is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies '' Dipodillus'' was ranged as a subgenus of ''Gerbillus'', however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate ...
.
It contains the following species:
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Botta's gerbil (''Dipodillus bottai'')
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North African gerbil (''Dipodillus campestris'')
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Wagner's gerbil
Wagner's gerbil (''Dipodillus dasyurus'') is a gerbil that is native mainly to the Nile Delta, Israel, the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the ''rough-tailed dipodil'' or ''Wadi Hof gerbil''. ...
(''Dipodillus dasyurus'')
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Harwood's gerbil
Harwood's gerbil (''Dipodillus harwoodi'') is distributed mainly in Kenya
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(''Dipodillus harwoodi'')
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James's gerbil (''Dipodillus jamesi'')
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Lowe's gerbil (''Dipodillus lowei'')
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Mackilligin's gerbil (''Dipodillus mackilligini'')
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Greater short-tailed gerbil
The greater short-tailed gerbil (''Dipodillus maghrebi'') is a rodent found mainly in Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterr ...
(''Dipodillus maghrebi'')
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Rupicolous gerbil (''Dipodillus rupicola'')
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Lesser short-tailed gerbil (''Dipodillus simoni'')
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Somalian gerbil (''Dipodillus somalicus'')
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Khartoum gerbil (''Dipodillus stigmonyx'')
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Kerkennah Islands gerbil (''Dipodillus zakariai'')
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Fernand Lataste
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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