Pictures and facts about the Gerbil mouse

Gerbil mouse

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Dendromurinae
Genus : Malacothrix

Facts about the genus Malacothrix, the gerbil mouse

About the gerbil, Mouse is her name, my cat’s name is Turtle.

Taxa of genus Malacothrix in the US Genus Malacothrix is a member of the Dicots group, subclass Asteridae, order Asterales, family Asteraceae. (Full text)

arachnoidea, known locally as Carmel Valley Malacothrix is limited in distribution to CA and was listed by FWS Region 1. (Full text)