Indian gerbil

Indian gerbil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Tatera
Lataste, 1882
Species:
T. indica
Binomial name
Tatera indica
(Hardwicke, 1807)

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.

It is the only species in the genus Tatera. Members of the genus Gerbilliscus have, historically, been placed in Tatera.

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