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,^[2] however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species.^[3]

Kemp's gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbilliscus
Species:	G. kempi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906)
Synonyms
Gerbilliscus gambiana (Thomas, 1910)

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.^[1]