Lesser short-tailed gerbil explained

The lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological and molecular studies in 2010 Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus, and Dipodillus simoni was renamed into Gerbillus simoni.^[1]

References

• Aulagnier. Granjon. amp. 2004. Gerbillus simoni. 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
• 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

1. Elsevier . Awatef Abiadh . M'barek Chetoui . Taher Lamine-Cheniti . Ernesto Capanna. Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Comptes Rendus Biologies . 2010. 56. 2. 513–518. 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003. 20816648 . 12 February 2014.