Dipodillus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of the genus Gerbillus.[2]

Dipodillus
Dipodillus campestris - North African gerbil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Gerbillini
Genus: Dipodillus
Lataste, 1881
Type species
Gerbillus(Dipodillus) simoni[1]
Species

Dipodillus bottai
Dipodillus campestris
Dipodillus dasyurus
Dipodillus harwoodi
Dipodillus jamesi
Dipodillus lowei
Dipodillus mackilligini
Dipodillus maghrebi
Dipodillus rupicola
Dipodillus simoni
Dipodillus somalicus
Dipodillus stigmonyx
Dipodillus zakariai

It contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Elsevier; Awatef Abiadh; M'barek Chetoui; Taher Lamine-Cheniti; Ernesto Capanna (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 56 (2): 513–518. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. PMID 20816648. Retrieved 12 February 2014.