Cape gerbil

Cape gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbilliscus
Species:	G. afra
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus afra (Gray, 1830)

The Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) is a species of rodent found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.

References

1. Cassola, F. (2016). "Gerbilliscus afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T21509A22427174. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21509A22427174.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

Further reading

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.