| Dune hairy-footed gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillurus |
| Species: | G. tytonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillurus tytonis | |
The dune hairy-footed gerbil,[3] or the Namib dune gerbil[1] (Gerbillurus tytonis) is a species of rodent found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on arthropods, seeds and green vegetation.
- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Gerbillurus tytonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9094A22461255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T9094A22461255.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ *Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1222. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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