- Psammomys
Taxobox
name = "Psammomys"
fossil_range = LatePleistocene - Recent
image_caption = "Psammomys obesus "
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Muridae
subfamilia =Gerbillinae
tribus =Gerbillini
subtribus =Rhombomyina
genus = "Psammomys"
genus_authority = Cretzschmar, 1828
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Psammomys obesus "
"Psammomys vexillaris ""Psammomys" is a genus of
rodent in theMuridae family. It contains the following species:
*Fat Sand Rat ("Psammomys obesus")
*Thin Sand Rat ("Psammomys vexillaris")References
*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.
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