Kemp's gerbil: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Kemp's gerbil lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gerbilliscus kempi
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Kemp's gerbil live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Kemp's gerbil in 4 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Kemp's gerbil endangered?

The Kemp's gerbil’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Kemp's gerbil?

The Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Gerbilliscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Kemp's gerbil

Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of rodent. Mammal Species of the World considers G. kempi and G. gambianus to be synonyms, however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species.

According to the IUCN in 2004, what they call G. kempi was found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Kemp's gerbil (revision 1314723275), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1760991 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).