Hairy-Footed Gerbil

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Hairy-footed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbillurus Species: G. paeba
Binomial name
Gerbillurus paeba (A. Smith, 1836)

The Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate shrubland, hot deserts, sandy shores, and urban areas.

[edit] References

• Coetzee, N. & Griffin, M. 2004. Gerbillurus paeba. 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.