Savanna Gerbil

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Savanna Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbilliscus Species: G. validus
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus validus (Bocage, 1890)

The Savanna Gerbil (Gerbilliscus validus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, 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. 2004. Tatera valida. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.