Senegal gerbil

The Senegal gerbil, also called the Senegal tateril (Taterillus pygargus), is a rodent of West Africa. It was described by Frederic Cuvier in 1838 and belongs to the genus Taterillus. The source article records it from Niger and Senegal, and lists Gambia, Mali and Mauritania as possible parts of its range. Its natural habitats are given as dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, pastureland and rural gardens, so it lives alongside farmed and grazed country as well as in natural dry vegetation. The article is a short stub, which means the animal's size, diet, breeding and activity pattern are not stated there and are left blank here instead of being guessed from other gerbils.