Kemp's gerbil
(Redirected from Gerbilliscus kempi)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbilliscus |
| Species: | G. kempi
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| Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906)
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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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Gerbilliscus 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
- ^ Granjon, L. (30 April 2004). "Tatera gambiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Schlitter, D.; Granjon, L. & Corti, M. (30 April 2004). "Tatera kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T21515A9295365. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
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