Savanna gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Gerbilliscus

| species = validus

| authority = (Bocage, 1890)

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Schlitter, D. |date=2016 |title=Gerbilliscus validus |volume=2016 |page=e.T21520A22426020 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21520A22426020.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

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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.