Taterillus

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Gerbillinae Subtribe Taterillina Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Muridae Tribe Taterillini Scientific name Taterillus Higher classification Gerbil Order Rodent

Lower classifications Gracile tateril, Emin's gerbil

Taterillus is a genus of gerbils. The species within this genus can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype, and not by external appearance.

The genus contains the following species:

Robbins's tateril (Taterillus arenarius)

Congo gerbil (Taterillus congicus)

Emin's gerbil (Taterillus emini)

Gracile tateril (Taterillus gracilis)

Harrington's gerbil (Taterillus harringtoni) – doubtfully distinct from T. emini, which has the same chromosome count.

Lake Chad gerbil (Taterillus lacustris)

Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)

Senegal gerbil (Taterillus pygargus)

Tranieri's tateril (Taterillus tranieri)

References

Taterillus Wikipedia

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