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Felou Gundi
Fossil range: Recent

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenodactylidae
Genus:	Felovia Lataste, 1886
Species:	F. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Data Deficient ( DD) is a category applied by the IUCN to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of Conservation status The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must Gundis ( family Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small stocky Rodents found in Africa. vae

Binomial name

Felovia vae
Lataste, 1886

The Felou Gundi (Felovia vae) is a species of rodent in the Ctenodactylidae family. Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must Gundis ( family Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small stocky Rodents found in Africa. It is monotypic within the genus Felovia. Monotypic is an adjective that refers to a taxonomic group with only one type: In Botany, "monotypic" means that a Taxon has only It is found in Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. Mauritania (موريتانيا Mūrītāniyā officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and rocky areas. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A savanna or savannah is a Tropical or Subtropical Grassland or Woodland Ecosystem. Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

References

Aulagnier, S. 2004. Felovia vae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1536.

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