| Cape gerbil | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbilliscus |
| Species: | G. afra
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbilliscus afra (Gray, 1830)
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The Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) is a species of rodent found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Gerbilliscus afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21509A22427174. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21509A22427174.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.