Lowe's gerbil

Lowe's gerbil
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Genus:	Dipodillus
Species:	D. lowei
Binomial name
Dipodillus lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Lowe's gerbil, Dipodillus lowei, is distributed mainly in Sudan; Jebel Marra. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.

References

• Aulagnier & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus lowei. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.