Gerbillus

''Gerbillus'' is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies '' Dipodillus'' was ranged as a subgenus of ''Gerbillus'', however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate them.

Species

Genus ''Gerbillus''
*Subgenus '' Hendecapleura''
** Pleasant gerbil, ''Gerbillus amoenus''
** Brockman's gerbil, ''Gerbillus brockmani''
** Black-tufted gerbil, ''Gerbillus famulus''
** Algerian gerbil, ''Gerbillus garamantis''
** Grobben's gerbil, ''Gerbillus grobbeni''
** Pygmy gerbil, ''Gerbillus henleyi''
** Mauritanian gerbil, ''Gerbillus mauritaniae'' (sometimes considered a separate genus ''Monodia'')
** Harrison's gerbil, ''Gerbillus mesopotamiae''
** Darfur gerbil, ''Gerbillus muriculus''
** Balochistan gerbil, ''Gerbillus nanus''
** Large Aden gerbil, ''Gerbillus poecilops''
** Principal gerbil, ''Gerbillus principulus''
** Least gerbil, ''Gerbillus pusillus''
** Sand gerbil, ''Gerbillus syrticus''
** Waters's gerbil, ''Gerbillus watersi''
*Subgenus '' Gerbillus''
** Berbera gerbil, ''Gerbillus acticola''
** Agag gerbil, ''Gerbillus agag''
** Anderson's gerbil, ''Gerbillus andersoni''
** Swarthy gerbil, ''Gerbillus aquilus''
** Burton's gerbil, ''Gerbillus burtoni''
** Cheesman's gerbil, ''Gerbillus cheesmani''
** Dongola gerbil, ''Gerbillus dongolanus''
** Somalia gerbil, ''Gerbillus dunni''
** Flower's gerbil, ''Gerbillus floweri''
** Lesser Egyptian gerbil, ''Gerbillus gerbillus''
** Indian hairy-footed gerbil, ''Gerbillus gleadowi''
** Western gerbil, ''Gerbillus hesperinus''
** Hoogstraal's gerbil, ''Gerbillus hoogstraali''
** Lataste's gerbil, ''Gerbillus latastei''
** Sudan gerbil, ''Gerbillus nancillus''
** Nigerian gerbil, ''Gerbillus nigeriae''
** Occidental gerbil, ''Gerbillus occiduus''
** Pale gerbil, ''Gerbillus perpallidus''
** Cushioned gerbil, ''Gerbillus pulvinatus''
** Greater Egyptian gerbil, ''Gerbillus pyramidum''
** Rosalinda gerbil, ''Gerbillus rosalinda''
** Tarabul's gerbil, ''Gerbillus tarabuli''

References

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Rodent genera
Taxa named by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest

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