Senegal Gerbil

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Senegal Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Taterillus Species: T. pygargus
Binomial name
Taterillus pygargus (F. Cuvier, 1838)

The Senegal Gerbil or Senegal Tateril (Taterillus pygargus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Niger, Senegal, possibly Gambia, possibly Mali, and possibly Mauritania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Taterillus pygargus. 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.