Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1826

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 458

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353031

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7207231

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scientific name

Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1826
status

 

Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1826 . Ruppell Atlas, Reise Nordl. Afr., p. 58, pl. 22.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Alexandria .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria to Arabia, Jordan and Israel; south to Mauritania and Sudan.

COMMENT: Formerly included vexillaris ; see Cockrum et al., 1977, Mammalia, 41:321 -326.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008095001001.

Cockrum, E. L., P. J. Vaughan, and T. C. Vaughan. 1977. Status of the pale sand rat, Psammomys vexillaris Thomas, 1925. Mammalia, 41: 321 - 326.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Psammomys