Lake Chad Gerbil

Taxobox
name = Lake Chad Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Taterillus"
species = "T. lacustris"
binomial = "Taterillus lacustris"
binomial_authority = (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)
synonyms = The Lake Chad Gerbil or Lake Chad Tateril ("Taterillus lacustris") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.

References

* Granjon, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21526/all Taterillus lacustris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
*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.