Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dipodillus simoni
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Osborn, Dale J., and Ibrahim Helmy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1980-08-15 / 1980-08-15
Article/Chapter Title:
The Contemporary Land Mammals of Egypt (Including Sinai)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fieldiana Zoology, n.s., no. 5
Page(s):
1-579
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-0754
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747210
Reference for:
Dipodillus simoni
Dipodillus simoni: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dipodillus simoni: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Gerbillus simoni
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Dipodillus. A distinctive species (Lay, 1983; Pavlinov et al., 1990) revised by Cockrum et al. (1976a) and reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990). Regional reviews are available for Egypt (Osborn and Helmy, 1980), Libya (Ranck, 1968), and Algeria (Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991). Although samples from coastal Egypt (kaiseri) have, on average, slightly longer tails, darker pelage, and smaller auditory bulla than do those from the western portion of the range (simoni), the variation ...