Gracile Tateril

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Gracile Tateril
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Taterillus Species: T. gracilis
Binomial name
Taterillus gracilis (Thomas, 1892)

The Gracile Tateril or Slender Gerbil (Taterillus gracilis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and possibly Cameroon. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Taterillus gracilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.