Phillip's Gerbil

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Phillip's Gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species: G. phillipsi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus phillipsi
(de Winton, 1898)

Phillip's Gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] References

  • 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. 2004. Tatera phillipsi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.