Taterillus

Taterillus Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Taterillini
Genus:	Taterillus Thomas, 1910
Type species
Gerbillus emini

Taterillus is a genus of rodents.^[1] The species within this genus can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype, and not by external appearance.^[2]

The genus contains the following species:

• Robbins's tateril (Taterillus arenarius)
• Congo gerbil (Taterillus congicus)
• Emin's gerbil (Taterillus emini)
• Gracile tateril (Taterillus gracilis)
• Harrington's gerbil (Taterillus harringtoni) – doubtfully distinct from T. emini, which has the same chromosome count.^[2]
• Lake Chad gerbil (Taterillus lacustris)
• Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)
• Senegal gerbil (Taterillus pygargus)
• Tranieri's tateril (Taterillus tranieri)

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Ara Monadjem; Peter J. Taylor; Christiane Denys; Fenton P.D. Cotterill (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. p. 594. ISBN 978-3-11-030191-5.