Bushveld gerbil

Bushveld gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Gerbilliscus
Species: G. leucogaster
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
(Peters, 1852)

The Bushveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus leucogaster) is a species of gerbil found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.

References

  • N. Coetzee (2008). "Gerbilliscus leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  • 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. Wipussylson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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