Boehm's gerbil, Gerbilliscus boehmi, is a large gerbil of the African savanna belt, recorded from Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It lives in dry and moist savanna and in farmland, and it is a big member of its genus, with an average head and body length of about 162 millimetres and an even longer tail of about 216 millimetres. The tail is dark above and white below with a white tip, and the upper body is mid brown speckled with black and buff, sharply set off from white underparts. It shelters in a burrow with one or two entrances, which it digs itself or takes over from another gerbil species or a mole-rat. It is omnivorous and comes out at night to forage for plant material and insects, possibly over a large area, and it breeds at different times of year in different parts of its range, often with the rains. The International Union for Conservation of Nature rated it Least Concern in 2004 because it is common, widespread and faces no obvious threats.
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System (Realm) ThreatsOther or No Known Threats 1 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
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Lead, IUCN status
rated its conservation status as being of "least concern"
Ecology, diet
It is omnivorous, emerging at night to forage for vegetable material and insects
Ecology, activity
emerging at night to forage for vegetable material and insects
Lead, realm from habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.
Lead, threats
This is a common species with a wide distribution which faces no obvious threats
Lead, living species
Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi) is a species of rodent found in Angola
Lead, range
found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead, rodent
Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi) is a species of rodent found in Angola
In Biome: Savanna, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.
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