Nigerian Gerbil

Nigerian gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Genus:	Gerbillus
Species:	G. nigeriae
Binomial name
Gerbillus nigeriae Thomas & Hinton, 1920

The Nigerian gerbil, Gerbillus nigeriae, is distributed mainly on northern Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

References

• Granjon (2004). Gerbillus nigeriae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern