Cape gerbil

Cape gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbilliscus
Species:	G. afra
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus afra (Gray, 1830)

The Cape gerbil, Gerbilliscus afra, is a species of rodent found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.

References[]

• Coetzee, N. (30 April 2004). "Tatera afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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