Senegal gerbil

Senegal gerbil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taterillus
Species: T. pygargus
Binomial name
Taterillus pygargus
(F. Cuvier, 1838)

The Senegal gerbil or Senegal tateril, Taterillus pygargus, is a species of gerbil found in Niger, Senegal, possibly Gambia, possibly Mali, and possibly Mauritania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

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