Tarabul's gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli, is a small, mouse-like rodent of the arid regions of north western Africa. It has tawny fur on the back with a clearly demarcated white belly, a long tail ending in a tuft, plain ears with a white spot just behind them, and hairy soles on its feet. The head and body average about 103 millimetres and the tail about 148 millimetres. Its range runs from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to the Tibesti Mountains of Chad and north to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya, and the recent extension of its range into northern Senegal may be a sign of increased desertification. It lives in sandy desert, semi-desert and coastal steppe. A nocturnal animal, it digs complex shallow burrows 15 to 25 centimetres long in the sand and plugs the entrance during the day; it breeds through the rainy season from July to September, and barn owls have been recorded preying on it. It was once treated as a synonym of the greater Egyptian gerbil but has a different chromosome count of 40 rather than 38 and differs in form.
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Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
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Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
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Tarabul's gerbil occurs in sandy desert and semi-desert areas, as well as coastal steppe
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Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal species that digs complex, shallow burrows
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Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal species
Distribution
Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
is a species of small rodent which is found in arid regions of north western Africa
In Biome: Steppe, Habitat, steppe
Tarabul's gerbil occurs in sandy desert and semi-desert areas, as well as coastal steppe
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