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Gorongoza Gerbil

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbilliscus
Species:	G. 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 Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category 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 Muridae is the largest family of Mammals It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia Africa and Australia inclusus

Binomial name

Gerbilliscus inclusus
(Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

The Gorongoza Gerbil (Gerbilliscus inclusus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. (Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS ( February 21, 1858 &ndash June 16, 1929) was a British Zoologist. Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must Muridae is the largest family of Mammals It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia Africa and Australia It is found in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Its natural habitat is moist savanna. 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.

References

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.
Schlitter, D. 2004. Tatera inclusa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

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