Congo gerbil
Congo gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Taterillus |
Species: | T. congicus |
Binomial name | |
Taterillus congicus Thomas, 1915 |
The Congo gerbil or Congo tateril (Taterillus congicus) is a species of rodent found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
References
[edit]- ^ Granjon, L. (2016). "Taterillus congicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21522A22417269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21522A22417269.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.