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Fringe-tailed gerbil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species: G. robustus
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus robustus
(Cretzschmar, 1826)

The fringe-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus) is a species of rodent found in Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, possibly Cameroon, and possibly Nigeria. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land and urban areas.

References

  • 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.
  • Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. (30 April 2004). "Tatera robusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
Pachyuromys
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
Gerbilliscus
Gerbillurus
Tatera
Taterillini
Taterillus
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
Subgenus Gerbillus:
Microdillus
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
Subgenus Parameriones:
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
Subgenus Cheliones:
Psammomys
Rhombomys
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
Taxon identifiers
Gerbilliscus robustus
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