Kemp's gerbil

Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of rodent. Mammal Species of the World considers G. kempi and G. gambianus to be synonyms,[1] however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species.[2]

Kemp's gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species:
G. kempi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus kempi
(Wroughton, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Gerbilliscus gambiana (Thomas, 1910)

According to the IUCN in 2004, what they call G. kempi was found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia.[3]

References
  1. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Gerbilliscus 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
  2. Granjon, L. (30 April 2004). "Tatera gambiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Schlitter, D.; Granjon, L. & Corti, M. (30 April 2004). "Tatera kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T21515A9295365. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
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