Savanna gerbil

Savanna 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. validus
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus validus (Bocage, 1890)

The savanna gerbil (Gerbilliscus validus) is a species of rodent found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.

References

1. Schlitter, D. (2016). "Gerbilliscus validus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21520A22426020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21520A22426020.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Schlitter, D. (30 April 2004). "Tatera valida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.