Black-tailed Gerbil

Taxobox
name = Black-tailed Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Gerbilliscus"
species = "G. nigricaudus"
binomial = "Gerbilliscus nigricaudus"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1878)
synonyms = The Black-tailed Gerbil ("Gerbilliscus nigricaudus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.

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. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21517/all Tatera nigricauda] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.