Emin's gerbil or Emin's tateril (Taterillus emini) is a species of rodent found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land.
Emin's gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Taterillus |
Species: | T. emini
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Binomial name | |
Taterillus emini (Thomas, 1892)
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References
edit- ^ Granjon, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Taterillus emini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21523A115162568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21523A22416971.en. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- 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.