Taterillus Explained

Taterillus is a genus of rodents. The species within this genus can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype, and not by external appearance.^[1]

The genus contains the following species:

• Robbins's tateril (Taterillus arenarius)
• Congo gerbil (Taterillus congicus)
• Emin's gerbil (Taterillus emini)
• Gracile tateril (Taterillus gracilis)
• Harrington's gerbil (Taterillus harringtoni)  - doubtfully distinct from T. emini, which has the same chromosome count.^[1]
• Lake Chad gerbil (Taterillus lacustris)
• Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)
• Senegal gerbil (Taterillus pygargus)
• Tranieri's tateril (Taterillus tranieri)

Notes and References

1. Book: Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Ara Monadjem . Peter J. Taylor . Christiane Denys . Fenton P.D. Cotterill . 978-3-11-030191-5. 2015. 594.