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Psammomys
Sign in to savePsammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. The two species in the genus are the fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus) and the thin sand rat (Psammomys vexillaris).
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
Psammomys est un genre de rongeurs de la famille des Muridés. Ce sont des gerbilles que l'on rencontre de l'Afrique du Nord à l'Arabie. En français, on les appelle Rats des sables.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Muridae
- Collections
- UCM, FMNH, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Tunisia, Egypt, Tunisie
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- Parent taxon
- Gerbillinae
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- Psammomys obesus 01.jpg
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Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. The two species in the genus are the fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus) and the thin sand rat (Psammomys vexillaris).
The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words (), meaning "sand", and (), meaning "mouse, rat". The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.
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