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Species of rodent

Congo gerbil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taterillus
Species: T. congicus
Binomial name
Taterillus congicus
Thomas, 1915

The Congo gerbil or Congo tateril (Taterillus congicus) is a species of rodent found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

  1. Granjon, L. (2016). "Taterillus congicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21522A22417269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21522A22417269.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • 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.
Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
Pachyuromys
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
Gerbilliscus
Gerbillurus
Tatera
Taterillini
Taterillus
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
Subgenus Gerbillus:
Microdillus
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
Subgenus Parameriones:
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
Subgenus Cheliones:
Psammomys
Rhombomys
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
Taxon identifiers
Taterillus congicus


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