Pleasant gerbil
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| Pleasant gerbil Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent | |
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| Errachidia Province, Morocco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. amoenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus amoenus (de Winton, 1902) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gerbillus vivax (partim) | |
The pleasant gerbil (Gerbillus amoenus) is a species of rodent found mainly in Libya and Egypt, and possibly Mauritania to Tunisia. This species is about 6 cm in body length, with a brown agouti-style coat, a white belly and a very long tail. It is also known as the charming dipodil.[2]
Pleasant gerbils as pets
[edit]Pleasant gerbils are kept and bred in captivity in Europe. They were introduced as pets to the United Kingdom in 2002.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Granjon, L. (2016). "Gerbillus amoenus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T9104A22465368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9104A22465368.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- 1 2 Cope, Eddie. "Charming dipodil". e-Gerbil. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011.
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