Bushveld gerbil

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, Eswatini, 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.

Bushveld gerbil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species:
G. leucogaster
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
(Peters, 1852)

References

  • N. Coetzee (2008). "Gerbilliscus leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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