Subfamily: Gerbillinae

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Table of Contents ix
5. Introduction
6. Rationale and Scope of the Book 3
7. Evolution of Fossil Rodents in Africa 5
8. Importance of Rodents 19
9. Conservation of African rodents 22
10. General Methods and Layout of Book 27
11. Species accounts
12. Order: Rodentia
13. Key to Rodent Families of Africa 35
14. Family: Gliridae 36
15. Family: Sciuridae 62
16. Family: Myocastoridae 147
17. Family: Ctenodactylidae 152
18. Family: Hystricidae 166
19. Family: Thryonomyidae 179
20. Family: Petromuridae 186
21. Family: Bathyergidae 191
22. Family: Anomaluridae 246
23. Family: Pedetidae 269
24. Family: Dipodidae 276
25. Family: Spalacidae 282
26. Family: Nesomyidae 304
27. Family: Muridae
28. Subfamily: Deomyinae 402
29. Subfamily: Gerbillinae 492
30. Subfamily: Leimacomyinae 605
31. Subfamily: Lophiomyinae 609
32. Subfamily: Murinae. Part 1 615
33. Subfamily: Murinae. Part 2 815
34. References 1021
35. Appendix 1066