Gerbilliscus afer

(J. E. Gray, 1830)

Cape Gerbil

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Taterini
Genus : Gerbilliscus
Subgenus : Taterona

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1830. Spicilegia Zoologica; or original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Part II. Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., London, 9-12 pp.

Original name as described

Gerbillus Afra

Type locality

near Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

changed from afra to afer based on gender of genus

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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