page_title: List of mammals of Tunisia
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents-rats, mice etc)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Tunisia / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Rodentia (rodents-rats, mice etc)
caption_attribution_description: Photo of a striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus) taken in Frankfurt Zoo by ElinorD on 9 April 2007 I just want to add that I e-mailed Frankfurt Zoo just to check that the striped grass mouse which they have there really is the Lemniscomys barbarus species. I received an e-mail this morning confirming that it is. ElinorD 09:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Tunisia. Of the mammal species in Tunisia, three are critically endangered, three are endangered, nine are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for Tunisia can no longer be found in the wild.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricognathi
  Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
  Genus: Hystrix
  Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata LC
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Eliomys
  Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus LC
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Dipodinae
  Genus: Jaculus
  Lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus LC
  Greater Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus orientalis LC
  Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  Subfamily: Gerbillinae
  Genus: Dipodillus
  North African gerbil, Dipodillus campestris LC
  Genus: Gerbillus
  Anderson's gerbil, Gerbillus andersoni LC
  Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus LC
  Pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi LC
  James's gerbil, Gerbillus jamesi DD
  Lataste's gerbil, Gerbillus latastei LC
  Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus LC
  Lesser short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus simoni LC
  Tarabul's Gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli LC
  Genus: Meriones
  Libyan jird, Meriones libycus LC
  Shaw's jird, Meriones shawi LC
  Genus: Pachyuromys
  Fat-tailed gerbil, Pachyuromys duprasi LC
  Genus: Psammomys
  Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus LC
  Thin sand rat, Psammomys vexillaris DD
  Subfamily: Murinae
  Genus: Apodemus
  Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus LC
  Genus: Lemniscomys
  Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus LC
  Genus: Mus
  Algerian mouse, Mus spretus LC
  Family: Ctenodactylidae
  Genus: Ctenodactylus
  Common gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi LC
caption: Barbary striped grass mouse
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