Taterillus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Taterillus
Species
Scientific Name
Taterillus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Taterillus

Taterillus is a genus of rodents. 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)
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Taterillus in languages:

English
Taterils
Finnish
paljasvarvasgerbiilit
French
Tatérilles
Polish
afroskoczek

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