Wagner's gerbil explained
Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) is a gerbil that is native mainly to the Nile Delta, Israel, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.[1]
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.
Notes and References
- Alagaili. A.N.. Mohammed. O.B.. Bennett. N.C.. Oosthuizen. M.K.. Lights out, let's move about: locomotory activity patterns of Wagner's gerbil from the desert of Saudi Arabia. African Zoology. October 2012. 47. 2. 195–202.