Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison 1956

Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956. J. Mammal., 37:417. TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W. bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya. DISTRIBUTION: Valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (Iraq; S. W. Iran). COMMENT: Formerly included in dasyurus; see Harrison, 1972, The Mammals...

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Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
Subjects:
DML
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7206507
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Summary:Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956. J. Mammal., 37:417. TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W. bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya. DISTRIBUTION: Valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (Iraq; S. W. Iran). COMMENT: Formerly included in dasyurus; see Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:532. Reviewed by Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39:423-445. DML includes mesopotamiae in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 415, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031