Wagner's gerbil (''Dipodillus dasyurus'') is a

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that is native mainly to the

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Delta,

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, the Sinai,

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and the

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. It also referred to as the ''rough-tailed dipodil'' or ''Wadi Hof gerbil''. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.

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. Dipodillus Gerbil, Wagner's Gerbil, Wagner's Mammals described in 1842 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Gerbillinae-stub