Among the small mammals there is also a near-endemic gerbil, Gerbillus pulvinatus. From Wordnik.com. [Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands] Reference
Common rodents are gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus and the Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Among the small mammals, gerbils (e.g. Gerbillus campestris and G. nanus) are the most abundant species. From Wordnik.com. [Saharan halophytics] Reference
Other near endemic mammals found here are two more species of Gerbil Gerbillus mauritaniae and G. principulus. From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Only one species of vertebrate is strictly endemic to the South Saharan Steppe, the gerbil Gerbillus dongolanus. From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Unique to these wetlands are two species of mammals: Bunn's Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat (Erythronesokia bunnii) and Mesopotamian gerbil (Gerbillus mesopotamiae). From Wordnik.com. [Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh] Reference
However, it does possess some endemics, mainly small, arid adapted rodents, especially four species within the genus Gerbillus (Gerbillus bottai, G. muriculus, G. nancillus and G. stigmonyx). From Wordnik.com. [Sahelian Acacia savanna] Reference
The ecoregion is rich in mammal species, both smaller mammals such as Atelerix algirus, Elephantulus rozeti, Atlantoxerus getulus, Gerbillus campestris and large mammals including the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), common jackal (Canis aureus), caracal (Felis caracal), Genetta genetta, Herpestes ichneumon, the wild boar (Sus scrofa) and the polecat ferret (Mustela putorius). From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean woodlands and forests] Reference
Small mammals and their predators are also abundant,, including hyrax (Procavia capensis), brown hare (Lepus capensis), spiny mouse (Acomys spp.), large North African gerbil (Gerbillus campestris), Nigerian gerbil (G. nigeriae), bushy-tailed jird (Sekeetamys calurus) and three different fox species, Rueppel's sandfox (Vulpes rueppelli), sand fox (Vulpes pallida) and Fennec fox (Fennecus zerda). From Wordnik.com. [Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands] Reference
Levels of endemism are generally low, with strict endemics limited to only one bird, Archer’s lark (Heteromirafra archeri, VU), a gerbil Gerbillus acticola, and two geckos, Arnold’s leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) and a subspecies of the northern sand gecko (Tropiocolotes tripolitanus somalicus). From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands] Reference
Gerbillus cryptorhinus, 319. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Genus Gerbillus. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The major mountain ranges around the Sulaiman Range, northeastern Baluchistan, southern Northwest Frontier Province, and small areas in northeastern Afghanistan support the straight-horned or Sulaiman markhor (Capra falconeri jerdoni or C.f. megaceros), flare-horned markhor (C.f. falconeri or C.f. falconeri cashmirensis), Baluchistan black bear (Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus), Afghan urial (Ovis vignei cycloceros), Sind ibex (Capra hircus aegargus), Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), Baluchistan gerbel (Gerbillus nanus), and Hotson's long-tailed hamster (Calomyscus hotsoni). From Wordnik.com. [Baluchistan xeric woodlands] Reference
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