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Occidental gerbil

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Occidental gerbil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species:
G. occiduus
Binomial name
Gerbillus occiduus
Lay, 1975

The occidental gerbil (Gerbillus occiduus) is distributed mainly southwestern Morocco. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.

References

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  1. ^ Kennerley, R.; Granjon, L. (2017). "Gerbillus occiduus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T9138A101208498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9138A101208498.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.