Lake Chad Gerbil

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Lake Chad Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Taterillus Species: T. lacustris
Binomial name
Taterillus lacustris (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

The Lake Chad Gerbil or Lake Chad Tateril (Taterillus lacustris) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Taterillus lacustris. 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.