Wagner's gerbil
Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) is a gerbil that is native mainly to the Nile Delta, Israel, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.
| Wagner's gerbil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dipodillus |
| Species: | D. dasyurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodillus dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gerbillus dasyurus | |
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