Great gerbil

Great gerbil Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rhombomys Wagner, 1841
Species:	R. opimus
Binomial name
Rhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein, 1823)

The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a large gerbil. It is found in Central Asia.

References

• Nowak, R. M. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. London: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Other websites

• Media related to Rhombomys opimus at Wikimedia Commons

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