Bushveld Gerbil

Bushveld Gerbil

Taxobox
name = Bushveld Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Gerbilliscus"
species = "G. leucogaster"
binomial = "Gerbilliscus leucogaster"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1852)
synonyms =
The Bushveld Gerbil ("Gerbilliscus leucogaster") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is 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

* Coetzee, N. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21516/all Tatera leucogaster] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
*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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