Black-tailed Gerbil

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Black-tailed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbilliscus Species: G. nigricaudus
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus nigricaudus (Peters, 1878)

The Black-tailed Gerbil (Gerbilliscus nigricaudus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.

[edit] References

• 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.
• Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. 2004. Tatera nigricauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.