Agag gerbil

The Agag gerbil (Gerbillus agag) is distributed mainly in southern Mauritania to northern Nigeria and Sudan. IUCN lists the junior synonyms Gerbillus cosensi and G. dalloni as critically endangered.

Agag gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species:
G. agag
Binomial name
Gerbillus agag
Thomas, 1903

References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Schlitter & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus agag". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2006.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
  • Schlitter, D. 2004. Gerbillus cosensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Schlitter & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus dalloni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2006.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient


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