Biology:Emin's gerbil
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Short description: Species of rodent
Emin's gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Taterillus |
Species: | T. emini
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Binomial name | |
Taterillus emini (Thomas, 1892)
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Emin's gerbil or Emin's tateril (Taterillus emini) is a species of rodent found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land.
References
- 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.
- D. Schlitter; L. Granjon (2008). "Taterillus emini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21523/0. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q1767484 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin's gerbil.
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