Least gerbil

Least gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. pusillus
Binomial name
Gerbillus pusillus
Peters, 1878
Synonyms

diminutus Dollman, 1911
percivali Dollman, 1914
ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896

The least gerbil (Gerbillus pusillus) is distributed mainly in South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

References

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