Nigerian gerbil

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Nigerian gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. nigeriae
Binomial name
Gerbillus nigeriae
Thomas & Hinton, 1920

The Nigerian gerbil, Gerbillus nigeriae, is distributed mainly on northern Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

References

  • Granjon (2004). Gerbillus nigeriae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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