Dipodillus campestris

(Levaillant, 1857) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Dipodillus

At a glance

Occurrence records388

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Dipodillus campestris's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility388 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF388 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT3.6 Gbp

01Narrative

The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in North Africa where its natural habitats are arable land and rocky areas of the Maghreb, and hot Saharan deserts.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIA

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean8.99 mm

Temperature mean232 decidegC

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Dipodillus campestris has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Dipodillus campestris carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size3 559 920 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Dipodillus campestris3.56 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 56 n = 28

Chromosome records56–562n range56median56mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 562×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Animal Genome Size Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

GoaT · Animal Genome Size Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type388 records

Wild obs. + sensor13

Museum / vouchered375

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO356 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤1 km 12≤10 km 1

13 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor13

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 61≤10 km 69>10 km 21

151 georeferenced · 224 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence375

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	168
Washington, US	120
Lubbock, US	85

3 institutions · 373 of 375 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

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