Senegal Gerbil

Taxobox
name = Senegal Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Taterillus"
species = "T. pygargus"
binomial = "Taterillus pygargus"
binomial_authority = (F. Cuvier, 1838)
synonyms = The Senegal Gerbil or Senegal Tateril ("Taterillus pygargus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Niger, Senegal, possibly Gambia, possibly Mali, and possibly Mauritania.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

References

* Granjon, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21528/all Taterillus pygargus] . [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.