Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1828

Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, Zootaxa 5580 (1), pp. 1-130 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15121282
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scientific name	Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1828
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29. Fat Sand Rat, Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, 1828 View in CoL

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: P. o. terraesanctae Thomas, 1902.

Distribution: Status uncertain but apparently rare. Recorded in southwest of Al-Badia and the foothill range of Lebanon mountains ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 ).

Previous records: Al-Nabk ( Harrison & Bates 1991) and Al-Qaryatein ( Aharoni 1932; Shehab 2004a).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae
Genus	Psammomys

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