Lake Chad gerbil

Lake Chad gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Taterillus
Species:	T. lacustris
Binomial name
Taterillus lacustris (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

The Lake Chad gerbil or Lake Chad tateril (Taterillus lacustris) is a species of rodent found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.