Gerbil mouse
| Gerbil mouse Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendromurinae |
| Genus: | Malacothrix Wagner, 1843 |
| Species: | M. typica |
| Binomial name | |
| Malacothrix typica (A. Smith, 1834) | |
The gerbil mouse (Malacothrix typica) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts. They cannot be adopted.
References
- Coetzee, N. & Griffin, M. 2004. Malacothrix typica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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