Black-tailed gerbil

Black-tailed gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species: G. nigricaudus
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus nigricaudus
(Peters, 1878)

The black-tailed gerbil, Gerbilliscus nigricaudus, is a species of gerbil found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.

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