Gerbillus cheesmani
O. Thomas, 1919
Cheesman's Gerbil
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Gerbillinae |
| Tribe | : Gerbillini |
| Genus | : Gerbillus |
| Subgenus | : Gerbillus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1919-10-20. Some new mammals from Mesopotamia. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 26(3):745-749.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050383Original name as described
Gerbillus cheesmani
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1919.3.1.5
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0af9e3ab-695d-4f98-9f60-408588020dbcType locality
"Mesopotamia [= Iraq/Kuwait]; exact locality not recorded."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Afrotropic
Country distribution
Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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