NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Large North African Gerbil
Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Levaillant, 1857)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in North Africa where its natural habitats are arable land and rocky areas of the Maghreb, and hot Saharan deserts.
Wikipedia contributors, North African gerbil; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:43:05.034322+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Levaillant, 1857)
- Name authority
- (Levaillant, 1857)
- Common name
- Large North African Gerbil
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Dipodillus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyGerbillinae Gray, 1825
- genusDipodillus Lataste, 1881
- subgenusPetteromys Pavlinov, 1982
- speciesDipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Levaillant, 1857)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dipodillus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Wagner's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harwood's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) harwoodi (Thomas, 1901) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| James's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) jamesi (Harrison, 1967) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mackilligin's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) mackilligini Thomas, 1904 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rupicolous DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) rupicola (Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev & Sicard, 2002) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Khartoum DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) stigmonyx (Heuglin, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kerkennah Islands DipodilDipodillus (Dipodillus) zakariai Cockrum, Vaughn & Vaughn, 1976 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Short-tailed GerbilDipodillus (Dipodillus) simoni (Lataste, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Botta's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) bottai (Lataste, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowe's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somalian DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dipodillus dodsoni Thomas, 1902 Thomas, 1902 | synonym |
| Dipodillus hilda Thomas, 1918 Thomas, 1918 | synonym |
| Gerbillus campestris Levaillant, 1857 Levaillant, 1857 | synonym |
| Gerbillus quadrimaculatus Lataste, 1882 Lataste, 1882 | synonym |
| Dipodillus campestris rozsikae Thomas, 1913 Thomas, 1913 | synonym |
| Gerbillus campestris wassifi Setzer, 1958 Setzer, 1958 | synonym |
| Gerbillus campestris (Loche, 1867) (Loche, 1867) | synonym |
| Dipodillus campestris cinnamomeus Cabrera, 1916 Cabrera, 1916 | synonym |
| Dipodillus campestris haymani Setzer, 1958 Setzer, 1958 | synonym |
| Dipodillus campestris roszikae Thomas, 1908 Thomas, 1908 | synonym |
| Dipodillus campestrist riparius Cabrera, 1922 Cabrera, 1922 | synonym |
| Dipodillus dodsoni patrizii de Beaux, 1932 de Beaux, 1932 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970774 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36PKV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.