Mzab gundi

The Mzab gundi (Massoutiera mzabi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus Massoutiera.[2] It is found in Algeria, Chad, Mali, Niger, and possibly Libya. The Mzab gundi can live in a variety of climates, including arid deserts with sparse vegetation and annual rainfall less than 20 mm.[3] However, it lacks many of the adaptations other rodents use to cope with such extreme environments, instead relying on behavior to survive in those regions.[4]

Mzab gundi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Genus: Massoutiera
Lataste, 1885
Species:
M. mzabi
Binomial name
Massoutiera mzabi
(Lataste, 1881)
     distribution

References
  1. Cassola, F. (2016). "Massoutiera mzabi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12855A22191765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12855A22191765.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1536.
  3. George, Wilma (4 March 1988). "Massoutiera mzabi (Rodentia, Ctenodactylidae) in a climatological trap". Mammalia. 52 (3): 331–338. doi:10.1515/mamm-1988-0304. S2CID 87543213. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. George, Wilma (4 March 1988). "Massoutiera mzabi (Rodentia, Ctenodactylidae) in a climatological trap". Mammalia. 52 (3): 331–338. doi:10.1515/mamm-1988-0304. S2CID 87543213. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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