Bushy-Tailed Hairy-Footed Gerbil

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Bushy-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbillurus Species: G. vallinus
Binomial name
Gerbillurus vallinus (Thomas, 1918)

The Bushy-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus vallinus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate grassland, and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Griffin, M. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Gerbillurus vallinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.