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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

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| image = Taterillus_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_57965636_on_1_April_2021.jpg

| color = pink

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Pliocene|Recent}}

| name = Taterillus

| regnumtaxon = [[Animalia]]Taterillus

| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1910

| phylum = [[Chordata]]

| type_species = ''[[Emin's gerbil|Gerbillus emini]]''

| classis = [[Mammalia]]

| ordo = [[Rodentia]]

| familia = [[Muridae]]

| genus = '''''Taterillus'''''

}}

'''''Taterillus''''' is a genus of [[rodent]] in the [[Muridae]] family.

'''''Taterillus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]]s.<ref>{{MSW3|id=13001171}}</ref> The species within this genus can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of [[karyotype]], and not by external appearance.<ref name=RSSA>{{cite book|

It contains the following species:

title=Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis|author=Ara Monadjem |author2=Peter J. Taylor |author3=Christiane Denys |author4=Fenton P.D. Cotterill |isbn=978-3-11-030191-5|year=2015|

* [[Robbins's Tateril]] (''Taterillus arenarius'')

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* [[Congo Gerbil]] (''Taterillus congicus'')

* [[Emin's Gerbil]] (''Taterillus emini'')

ItThe genus contains the following species:

* [[Gracile Tateril]] (''Taterillus gracilis'')

* [[HarringtonRobbins's Gerbiltateril]] (''Taterillus harringtoniarenarius'')

* [[LakeCongo Chad Gerbilgerbil]] (''Taterillus lacustriscongicus'')

* [[PetterEmin's Gerbilgerbil]] (''Taterillus petteriemini'')

* [[SenegalGracile Gerbiltateril]] (''Taterillus pygargusgracilis'')

* [[Harrington's gerbil]] (''Taterillus harringtoni'') &ndash; doubtfully distinct from ''T. emini'', which has the same chromosome count.<ref name=RSSA/>

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* [[GracileLake TaterilChad gerbil]] (''Taterillus gracilislacustris'')

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* [[RobbinsPetter's Taterilgerbil]] (''Taterillus arenariuspetteri'')

* [[CongoSenegal Gerbilgerbil]] (''Taterillus congicuspygargus'')

* [[EminTranieri's Gerbiltateril]] (''Taterillus eminitranieri'')

==References==

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{{Gerbillinae|G4.}}

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[[Category:Rodent genera]]

[[Category:Fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa| ]]

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