Namib brush-tailed gerbil
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The Namib brush-tailed gerbil[3] or Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri)[4] is a species of rodent endemic to Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are sandy and gravelly plains. It stays in its burrow by day, emerging at night to feed on arthropods, vegetable matter, and seeds.
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Namib brush-tailed gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Gerbillurus |
Species: | G. setzeri |
Binomial name | |
Gerbillurus setzeri (Schlitter, 1973) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Gerbillus (Gerbillurus) setzeri Schlitter, 1973 |
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