Tranier's tateril

Tranier's tateril (Taterillus tranieri) is a species of rodent found in Mali and Mauritania. It belongs to the genus Taterillus, the terils, in the subfamily Gerbillinae of the family Muridae. The Mammal Diversity Database gives Tranier's gerbil as another common name. The species was described in 2003 by G. Dobigny and colleagues as a new sibling species of Taterillus from West Africa, and its holotype comes from Dilly in south-western Mali. Wikipedia gives its natural habitats as dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land. The database places it in the Afrotropical realm as a living species known from the wild, and lists its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.