Cape short-eared gerbil
(Redirected from Desmodillus)
| Cape short-eared gerbil Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Desmodillus Thomas & Schwann, 1904 |
| Species: | D. auricularis
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| Desmodillus auricularis (Smith, 1834)
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The Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodillus. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.
References
[edit | edit source]- Coetzee, N. 2004. Desmodillus auricularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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