Congo gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Taterillus

| species = congicus

| authority = Thomas, 1915

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The Congo gerbil or Congo tateril (Taterillus congicus) is a species of rodent found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

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  • 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.

{{Gerbillinae|G4.}}

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Category:Taterillus

Category:Mammals described in 1915

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Category:Rodents of Africa

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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