Harrington's gerbil
| Harrington's gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Taterillus |
| Species: | T. harringtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Taterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906)
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Harrington's gerbil or Harrington's tateril (Taterillus harringtoni) is a species of gerbil found in Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with Emin's gerbil, because it has the same karyotype.[1]
References
- ^ Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. 2015. p. 594. ISBN 978-3-11-030191-5.
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- 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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