Dune Hairy-Footed Gerbil

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Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillurus
Species: G. tytonis
Binomial name
Gerbillurus tytonis
(Bauer & Niethammer, 1960)

The Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil or Namib Dune Gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

[edit] References

  • Griffin, M. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Gerbillurus tytonis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.