Cape gerbil

The Cape gerbil, Gerbilliscus afra, is a species of rodent found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.

Cape gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species:
G. afra
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus afra
(Gray, 1830)

References

  • Coetzee, N. (30 April 2004). "Tatera afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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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