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North African Gerbil - Gerbillus campestris - Veldrenmuis
Morocco to Egypt and Sudan.
The following 10 subspecies are being recognized:
Gerbillus campestris riparius - West-Morocco (Yebala and Melil) to Western Sahara;
Gerbillus campestris cinnamomeus - Morocco;
Gerbillus campestris rozsikae - Algeria (Biskra) to Central-Tunisia (Atlas foothills);
Gerbillus campestris campestris - Algeria and North-Tunisia to Egypt;
Gerbillus campestris dodsoni - Northwest-Libya (Tripolitania and the Fezzan) and South-Tunesia (Djebel Bargou);
Gerbillus campestris brunnescens - Libya (Derna and Cyrenaica Plateau);
Gerbillus campestris haymani - Libya (Giarabub and Bahr el Tubat) and Egypt (Siwa Oasis, Farafra and Qattara);
Gerbillus campestris patrizii - Libya (El Hauuari and El Giof of Cufra Oasis) and Egypt (Gebel Uweinat);
Gerbillus campestris wassifi - Libya (Northeast-Cyrenaica) and Egypt (Mediterranean coastal desert from Sallum to Alexandria);
Gerbillus campestris venustus - South-Egypt (Nile Valley southwest of Aswan) to North-Sudan.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
North African Gerbil Gerbillus campestris cinnamomeus |
North African Gerbil Gerbillus campestris cinnamomeus |