Kemp's gerbil

Kemp's 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. kempi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906)
Synonyms
Gerbilliscus gambiana (Thomas, 1910)

Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of gerbil found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, and pastureland.

References

• D. Schlitter; L. Granjon; M. Corti (2008). "Gerbilliscus kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T21515A9295190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T21515A9295190.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• L. Granjon (2008). "Gerbilliscus gambiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)old-form url
• 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.