Mzab gundi

The Mzab gundi (Massoutiera mzabi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus Massoutiera. 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.[2] 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.[3]

Mzab gundi
Scientific classification
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. 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.
  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.
  • 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.


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