Congo gerbil

Species of rodent

Congo gerbil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taterillus
Species:
T. congicus
Binomial name
Taterillus congicus
Thomas, 1915

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

  1. ^ Granjon, L. (2016). "Taterillus congicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21522A22417269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21522A22417269.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
  • Ammodile (A. imbellis)
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
  • Pouched gerbil (D. braueri)
Pachyuromys
  • Fat-tailed gerbil (P. duprasi)
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
  • Cape short-eared gerbil (D. auricularis)
Gerbilliscus
  • Cape gerbil (G. afra)
  • Boehm's gerbil (G. boehmi)
  • Highveld gerbil (G. brantsii)
  • Guinean gerbil (G. guineae)
  • Gorongoza gerbil (G. inclusus)
  • Kemp's gerbil (G. kempi)
  • Bushveld gerbil (G. leucogaster)
  • black-tailed gerbil (G. nigricaudus)
  • Phillips's gerbil (G. phillipsi)
  • fringe-tailed gerbil (G. robustus)
  • savanna gerbil (G. validus)
Gerbillurus
  • Hairy-footed gerbil (G. paeba)
  • Namib brush-tailed gerbil (G. setzeri)
  • dune hairy-footed gerbil (G. tytonis)
  • bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (G. vallinus)
Tatera
  • Indian gerbil (T. indica)
Taterillini
Taterillus
  • Robbins's tateril (T. arenarius)
  • Congo gerbil (T. congicus)
  • Emin's gerbil (T. emini)
  • gracile tateril (T. gracilis)
  • Harrington's gerbil (T. harringtoni)
  • Lake Chad gerbil (T. lacustris)
  • Petter's gerbil (T. petteri)
  • Senegal gerbil (T. pygargus)
  • Tranieri's tateril (T. tranieri)
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
  • Botta's gerbil (D. bottai)
  • North African gerbil (D. campestris)
  • Wagner's gerbil (D. dasyurus)
  • Harwood's gerbil (D. harwoodi)
  • James's gerbil (D. jamesi)
  • Lowe's gerbil (D. lowei)
  • Mackilligin's gerbil (D. mackilligini)
  • greater short-tailed gerbil (D. maghrebi)
  • rupicolous gerbil (D. rupicola)
  • lesser short-tailed gerbil (D. simoni)
  • Somalian gerbil (D. somalicus)
  • Khartoum gerbil (D. stigmonyx)
  • Kerkennah Islands gerbil (D. zakariai)
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
  • Pleasant gerbil (G. amoenus)
  • Brockman's gerbil (G. brockmani)
  • black-tufted gerbil (G. famulus)
  • Algerian gerbil (G. garamantis)
  • Grobben's gerbil (G. grobbeni)
  • pygmy gerbil (G. henleyi)
  • Mauritanian gerbil (G. mauritaniae)
  • Harrison's gerbil (G. mesopotamiae)
  • Darfur gerbil (G. muriculus)
  • Balochistan gerbil (G. nanus)
  • large Aden gerbil (G. poecilops)
  • principal gerbil (G. principulus)
  • least gerbil (G. pusillus)
  • sand gerbil (G. syrticus)
  • vivacious gerbil (G. vivax)
  • Waters's gerbil (G. watersi)
Subgenus Gerbillus:
  • Berbera gerbil (G. acticola)
  • Agag gerbil (G. agag)
  • Anderson's gerbil (G. andersoni)
  • swarthy gerbil (G. aquilus)
  • Burton's gerbil (G. burtoni)
  • Cheesman's gerbil (G. cheesmani)
  • Dongola gerbil (G. dongolanus)
  • Dunn's gerbil (G. dunni)
  • Flower's gerbil (G. floweri)
  • lesser Egyptian gerbil (G. gerbillus)
  • Indian hairy-footed gerbil (G. gleadowi)
  • western gerbil (G. hesperinus)
  • Hoogstraal's gerbil (G. hoogstraali)
  • Lataste's gerbil (G. latastei)
  • Sudan gerbil (G. nancillus)
  • Nigerian gerbil (G. nigeriae)
  • occidental gerbil (G. occiduus)
  • pale gerbil (G. perpallidus)
  • cushioned gerbil (G. pulvinatus)
  • greater Egyptian gerbil (G. pyramidum)
  • Rosalinda gerbil (G. rosalinda)
  • Tarabul's gerbil (G. tarabuli)
Microdillus
  • Somali pygmy gerbil (M. peeli)
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
  • Przewalski's gerbil (B. przewalskii)
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
  • Tamarisk jird (M. tamariscinus)
Subgenus Parameriones:
  • Persian jird (M. persicus)
  • king jird (M. rex)
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
  • Arabian jird (M. arimalius)
  • Cheng's jird (M. chengi)
  • Sundevall's jird (M. crassus)
  • Dahl's jird (M. dahli)
  • Moroccan jird (M. grandis)
  • Libyan jird (M. libycus)
  • midday jird (M. meridianus)
  • Buxton's jird (M. sacramenti)
  • Shaw's jird (M. shawi)
  • Tristram's jird (M. tristrami)
  • Mongolian jird (M. unguiculatus)
  • Vinogradov's jird (M. vinogradovi)
  • Zarudny's jird (M. zarudnyi)
Subgenus Cheliones:
  • Indian desert jird (M. hurrianae)
Psammomys
  • Sand rat (P. obesus)
  • thin sand rat (P. vexillaris)
Rhombomys
  • Great gerbil (R. opimus)
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
  • Bushy-tailed jird (S. calurus)
Taxon identifiers
Taterillus congicus


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