First confirmed record in Melilla of Gerbillus campestris Loche, 1867 (Muridae: Gerbillinae) for Spain
Ferrandez Verdu, T.; Ruiz, F. P.; Carrillo Lopez, A. F.; Tapia Caro, M.; Castillo Gonzalez, A.; Vives Lopez, R.; Amoros Box, C.; Marcos Perez, M.; Boratynski, Z.; Pavlickova, B.
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The fieldwork was carried out between December 2023 and June 2025, with the aim, among others, of confirming the possible presence of the North African Gerbil (Gerbillus campestris) in Melilla. To this end, 56 camera trap stations were installed, each equipped with a camera trap. Of the total number of camera trap stations installed, the presence of Gerbillus campestris was detected in six of them, representing a capture success rate of 10.71%. Following the detection of the species, a specimen was captured using cage traps. For identification purposes, samples of epithelial tissue from the ear and faeces were collected. These samples were sent to the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, for analysis. There, DNA was extracted from the samples using the Innu PREP DNA Mini Kit 2.0 (IST Innuscreen GmbH, Germany) according to the manufacturer's protocol. The results obtained confirm, for the first time through records of the species, the presence of Gerbillus campestris in Melilla and, therefore, in Spain and Europe.
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