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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Gerbillinae
--> GENUS Gerbilliscus
--> SUBGENUS Taterona
SPECIES Gerbilliscus (Taterona) inclusus
Author: | Thomas and Wroughton, 1908. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908: 169. | Common Name: | Gorongoza Gerbil | Type Locality: | Mozambique, Gorongoza Dist., Tambarara. | Distribution: | E Zimbabwe (Smithers and Wilson, 1979), C Mozambique (north of Zambezi River; Smithers and Lobao Tello, 1976) to NE Tanzania (Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951, as T. leucogaster cosensi). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Tatera inclusa. | Comments: | Subgenus Taterona. Taxonomy and geographic range summarized by Meester et al. (1986), who listed the species in G. afra group. Southern African population reviewed by Perrin (1997i) and Skinner and Smithers (1990). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cosensi (Kershaw, 1921) pringlei (Hubbard, 1970)
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