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Bushveld gerbil
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Species : Tatera leucogaster
The Bushveld gerbil is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the bushveld gerbil
A young / baby of a bushveld gerbil is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A bushveld gerbil group is called a 'horde'.Countries
Angola, Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Desert, Dry savanna, Grassland, Hot Desert, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland
Facts about the bushveld gerbil
Bushveld Gerbil or Tatera leucogaster is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
Bushveld gerbils are omnivorous: they feed on the seeds of grasses and other vegetation and on small bulbs, as well as insects, including termites. (Full text)
It would thus appear as if bushveld gerbils are the preferred hosts of the immature stages of D. (Full text)
Bushveld gerbils are omnivorous and dig burrows with the entrances usually being at the base of small bushes or grass clumps. (Full text)
Because the Bushveld Gerbil is a clean feeder, he was favoured by African tribesmen and in time past was occasionally harvested by them and cooked or rather coal-grilled, as were the equally clean-feeding Striped Field mice. (Full text)
FEATURES JEFF HUNTLY The Bushveld GerbilBUSHVELD Gerbils are interesting and amusing animals that inhabit dry, sandy bushveld country. (Full text)
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