Kemp's Gerbil
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| Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906) |
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gambiana (Thomas, 1910) |
Kemp's Gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, and pastureland.
[edit] References
- Granjon, L. 2004. Tatera gambiana. 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.
- Schlitter, D., Granjon, L. & Corti, M. 2004. Tatera kempi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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