Common gundi

This article is about the North African gundi. For the rodent in general, see Gundi.

Common gundi
Ctenodactylus gundi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Genus: Ctenodactylus
Species:
C. gundi
Binomial name
Ctenodactylus gundi
(Rothmann, 1776)
     distribution
Synonyms[2]
  • C. arabicus (Shaw, 1801)
  • C. massonii Gray, 1830
  • C. typicus A. Smith, 1834

The common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The parasitic organism Toxoplasma gondii was first described in 1908 in Tunis by Charles Nicolle and Louis Manceaux within the tissues of the gundi.

  1. ^ Aulagnier, S. (2008). "Ctenodactylus gundi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T5792A11701789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5792A11701789.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dieterlen, F. (2005). "Family Ctenodactylidae". 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. 1536. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.