Namib Brush-Tailed Gerbil

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Namib Brush-tailed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Gerbillurus Species: G. setzeri
Binomial name
Gerbillurus setzeri (Schlitter, 1973)

The Namib Brush-tailed Gerbil or Setzer's Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.

[edit] References

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