Petter's Gerbil

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Petter's Gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taterillus
Species: T. petteri
Binomial name
Taterillus petteri
Gautun, Tranier & Sicard, 1985

Petter's Gerbil or Petter's Tateril (Taterillus petteri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, and rural gardens.

[edit] References

  • Granjon, L. 2004. Taterillus petteri. 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.
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