Cape gerbil
Appearance
Cape gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Gerbilliscus |
Species: | G. afra
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Binomial name | |
Gerbilliscus afra (Gray, 1830)
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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.
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(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.