Dune hairy-footed gerbil
| Dune hairy-footed gerbil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillurus |
| Species: | G. tytonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillurus tytonis (Bauer & Niethammer, 1960) | |
The dune hairy-footed gerbil, or the Namib dune gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis) is a species of rodent found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on arthropods, seeds and green vegetation.