Burton's Gerbil

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Burton's Gerbil

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. burtoni
Binomial name
Gerbillus burtoni
(F. Cuvier, 1838)

Burton's Gerbil, Gerbillus burtoni is distributed mainly in Darfur, Sudan. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.

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