''Gerbilliscus'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
in the subfamily
Gerbillinae
Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats a ...
(gerbils) of the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
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It contains the following species, all native to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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Cape gerbil (''Gerbilliscus afra'')
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Boehm's gerbil (''Gerbilliscus boehmi'')
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Highveld gerbil (''Gerbilliscus brantsii'')
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Guinean gerbil (''Gerbilliscus guineae'')
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Gorongoza gerbil (''Gerbilliscus inclusus'')
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Kemp's gerbil
Kemp's gerbil (''Gerbilliscus kempi'') is a species of rodent. Mammal Species of the World considers ''G. kempi'' and ''G. gambianus'' to be synonyms, however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species.
According to the IU ...
(''Gerbilliscus kempi'')
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Bushveld gerbil (''Gerbilliscus leucogaster'')
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Black-tailed gerbil (''Gerbilliscus nigricaudus'')
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Phillips's gerbil (''Gerbilliscus phillipsi'')
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Fringe-tailed gerbil (''Gerbilliscus robustus'')
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Savanna gerbil
The savanna gerbil (''Gerbilliscus validus'') is a species of rodent found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna ...
(''Gerbilliscus validus'')
Species currently classified in this genus were formerly treated in the genus ''
Tatera
The Indian gerbil (''Tatera indica'') also known as antelope rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in southern Asia from Syria to Bangladesh.
It is the only species in the genus ''Tatera''. Members of the genus ''Ger ...
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References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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