Guinean gerbil

Guinean gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species: G. guineae
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus guineae
(Thomas, 1910)

The Guinean gerbil, Gerbilliscus guineae, is a species of gerbil found in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, rocky areas, and arable land.

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