- Bushy-tailed Jird
Taxobox
name = Bushy-tailed Jird
fossil_range = Recent
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Muridae
subfamilia =Gerbillinae
tribus =Gerbillini
subtribus =Rhombomyina
genus = "Sekeetamys"
genus_authority = Ellerman, 1947
species = "S. calurus"
binomial = "Sekeetamys calurus"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1892)
synonyms = The Bushy-tailed Jird ("Sekeetamys calurus") is a species ofrodent in theMuridae family. It is the only species in the genus "Sekeetamys".It is found inEgypt ,Israel ,Jordan ,Saudi Arabia , andSudan .Its naturalhabitat is rocky areas.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.
* Schlitter, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20089/all Sekeetamys calurus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
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