Kemp's gerbil

Kemp's 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. kempi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906)
Synonyms
Gerbilliscus gambiana(Thomas, 1910)

Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of rodent. Mammal Species of the World considers G. kempi and G. gambianus to be synonyms, ^[2] however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species. ^[3]

According to the IUCN in 2004, what they call G. kempi was found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia. ^[1]

References

1. Granjon, L. (2019). "Gerbilliscus kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T21515A22426529. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21515A22426529.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. Granjon, L. (2017). "Gerbilliscus gambiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T45076A22427087. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45076A22427087.en . Retrieved 6 March 2025.