Dune Hairy-Footed Gerbil

Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbillurus
Species:	G. tytonis
Binomial name
Gerbillurus tytonis (Bauer & Niethammer, 1960)

The Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil or Namib Dune Gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

References

• Griffin, M. & Coetzee, N. 2004. Gerbillurus tytonis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001093.