Gerbilliscus phillipsi
(de Winton, 1898)
Phillips's Gerbil
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Gerbillinae |
| Tribe | : Taterini |
| Genus | : Gerbilliscus |
| Subgenus | : Taterona |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
de Winton, W.E. 1898-03-01. Descriptions of three new rodents from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(3):251-254.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365456Original name as described
Gerbillus (Tatera) Phillipsi
Other common names
Namaqua Gerbil
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.3.7
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d799dbeb-0f04-421a-a353-31ea55733cd9Type locality
Hanka Dadi, Somalia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Somalia · Ethiopia · Kenya
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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