Cape gerbil

Cape gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbilliscus
Species:	G. afra
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus afra (Gray, 1830)

The Cape gerbil, Gerbilliscus afra, is a species of gerbil found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.

References

• N. Coetzee (2004). "Gerbilliscus afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved June 10, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.