Robbins's Tateril

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Robbins's Tateril
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Taterillus Species: T. arenarius
Binomial name
Taterillus arenarius Robbins, 1974

The Robbins's Tateril or Sahel Gerbil (Taterillus arenarius) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Mauritania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Taterillus arenarius. 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.