Indian gerbil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Tatera Lataste, 1882 |
Species: | T. indica
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Binomial name | |
Tatera indica (Hardwicke, 1807)
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The Indian gerbil (Tatera indica) also known as antelope rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in western and southern Asia, from Syria east through to Bangladesh.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Tatera. Members of the genus Gerbilliscus have, historically, been placed in Tatera.