Species Tatera brantsii (Smith, 1836) (Highveld gerbil)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Tatera brantsii
Characteristics:omnivore; length: 28cm, tail-length: 14cm; grizzled reddish-brown fur on the back, grey-brown on the underside, well developed feet, long ears,large eyes, naked soles;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0902
Etosha Pan halophytics
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT0908
Zambezian halophytics
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1314
Nama Karoo
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 114
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