''Gerbillurus'' 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 n ...

in 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 comes ...

. It contains the following species: *

Hairy-footed gerbil The hairy-footed gerbil (''Gerbillurus paeba'') is a species of rodent found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate shrubland, hot deserts, sandy shores, and urban areas ...

(''Gerbillurus paeba'') *

Namib brush-tailed gerbil The Namib brush-tailed gerbil or Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil (''Gerbillurus setzeri'') is a species of rodent endemic to Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are sandy and gravelly plains. It stays in its burrow by day, emerging at night to ...

(''Gerbillurus setzeri'') *

Dune hairy-footed gerbil The dune hairy-footed gerbil, or the Namib dune gerbil (''Gerbillurus tytonis'') is a species of rodent found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on art ...

(''Gerbillurus tytonis'') *

Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil The bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (''Gerbillurus vallinus'') is a species of rodent found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate grassland, and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat d ...

(''Gerbillurus vallinus'')

References

Rodent genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gerbillinae-stub