Kemp's gerbil
| Kemp's gerbil | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbilliscus |
| Species: | G. kempi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906) | |
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Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of gerbil found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, and pastureland.
References
- D. Schlitter; L. Granjon & M. Corti (2008). "Gerbilliscus kempi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T21515A9295190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T21515A9295190.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- L. Granjon (2008). "Gerbilliscus gambiana". 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. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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