Robbins's tateril

Robbins's tateril
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taterillus
Species: T. arenarius
Binomial name
Taterillus arenarius
Robbins, 1974

Robbins's tateril or the Sahel gerbil, Taterillus arenarius, is a species of gerbil found only in Mauritania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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