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ID: 404778
pID: 20625
Taxonomic rank: 34
Author of the record: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Created: 2007-07-30 15:55:16 - User Václav Hanzlík
Last change: 2007-07-30 16:21:44 - User Jiří Novák
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id404778/
Text function: [[t:404778;Mus musculus gazaensis]]
pID: 20625
Taxonomic rank: 34
Author of the record: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Created: 2007-07-30 15:55:16 - User Václav Hanzlík
Last change: 2007-07-30 16:21:44 - User Jiří Novák
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id404778/
Text function: [[t:404778;Mus musculus gazaensis]]
Author: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Text ID: 32390
Text Type: 7
Page: 0
Created: 2007-07-30 16:07:46 - User Jiří Novák
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Text ID: 32390
Text Type: 7
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Created: 2007-07-30 16:07:46 - User Jiří Novák
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The Gaza House Mouse or Palestine House Mouse (Mus musculus gazaensis) is a house mouse subspecies, which was discovered in 2005 in an agricultural field in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Strip, Palestine.
The new subspecies was named "Mus musculus gazaensis" in June 2007 by the Palestinian-German zoologist Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa. The subspecies name "gazaensis" is Latin for "Gaza".
The new subspecies was named "Mus musculus gazaensis" in June 2007 by the Palestinian-German zoologist Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa. The subspecies name "gazaensis" is Latin for "Gaza".
Description
Author: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Text ID: 32391
Text Type: 1
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Text ID: 32391
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The Gaza House Mouse is distinguished from the other subspecies of Mus by its light and dark brown colouration with white big patches on the fur.
Distribution
Author: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Text ID: 32392
Text Type: 3
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Text ID: 32392
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Endemic to the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Author: Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa
Data source info
Jaffa K-S. von , Taher A. (2007): Mus musculus gazaensis Khalaf, 2007: A New House Mouse Subspecies from the Gaza Strip, Palestine. [http://www.geocities.com/jaffacity/Gaza_...], Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin. Number 66, June 2007, Jamada Al-Ulla 1428 AH. pp. 14-24. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Abstract in English).
[Data retrieved on: 2007/07/30]
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