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Wagner's gerbil

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Muridae

Scientific name
  
Dipodillus dasyurus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Subfamily
  
Gerbillinae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Gerbillus, Sundevall's jird, Balochistan gerbil, Cheesman's gerbil, Pygmy gerbil

Wagner's gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, is distributed mainly in the Nile Delta, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.

References

Wagner's gerbil Wikipedia