Burton's gerbil

Burton's gerbil (Gerbillus burtoni) is distributed mainly in Darfur, Sudan. Less than 250 individuals of this species of rodent are thought to persist in the wild. It may have been named after Edward Burton,^[3] who had the gerbil in his menagerie, obtained from Darfur and described by Frédéric Cuvier.^[2]

Burton's gerbil
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbillus
Species:	G. burtoni
Binomial name
Gerbillus burtoni (F. Cuvier, 1838)[2]