Gerbilliscus
| Gerbilliscus | |
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| Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Gerbillurini |
| Genus: | Thomas, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Gerbillus boehmi | |
| Species | |
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Gerbilliscus afra | |
Gerbilliscus is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Gerbillinae (gerbils) of the family Muridae.[1] It contains the following species, all native to Africa:
- Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra)
- Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi)
- Highveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii)
- Guinean gerbil (Gerbilliscus guineae)
- Gorongoza gerbil (Gerbilliscus inclusus)
- Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi)
- Bushveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus leucogaster)
- Black-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus nigricaudus)
- Phillips's gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi)
- Fringe-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus)
- Savanna gerbil (Gerbilliscus validus)
Species currently classified in this genus were formerly treated in the genus Tatera.
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
