| Cheesman's gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. cheesmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, 1919
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Cheesman's gerbil (Gerbillus cheesmani) is a small rodent in the subfamily Gerbillinae of the family Muridae.[2] It is distributed mainly in Arabian Peninsula to southwestern Iran. It has orange-brown fur, white underparts, large eyes and a very long tail.
- ^ Shenbrot, G.; Amr, Z. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Gerbillus cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9113A115089958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9113A22464809.en.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1225. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.