Cape short-eared gerbil
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| Cape short-eared gerbil Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Desmodillus
Thomas & Schwann, 1904
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D. auricularis
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| Desmodillus auricularis (Smith, 1834)
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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 is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.
References
- Coetzee, N. 2004. Desmodillus auricularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.
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