Vera Br�ckmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hi Julian,
>
>
>>I am interested in hearing from anyone who can help identify what this
>>animal is. I am not even sure it is a gerbil.
>
>I have taken a look at the pictures of this mysterious 'gerbil', but I
>can't figure it out, either. From what you decribe, it really doesn't sound
>like gerbil behaviour (more Meriones), but it does look like it. Fred
>thinks it IS a gerbil, however. And he has seen far more Gerbillus species
>than I have.
>
>Regards
>Vera
>
>
The mammal curator at the American Museum of Natural History says that
everything is consistent with Gerbillus campestris. Which would mean
that the animals you showed my several years ago would not be G.
campestris.
I now understand that Berlin Zoo originally identified this mystery
species as G. campestris.
--
Julian
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