The following mammals have been recorded in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape: If you see unusual mammals in the landscape, please record them in Namibia's Mammal Atlas. M.Sc. G. paeba paeba inhabits areas of soft sand throughout the arid western half of southern Africa; G. p . Gerbillurus paeba, the pigmy gerbil, is the most abundant gerbil on the lower slopes and in the troughs of the sand dunes. round-eared elephant shrew. Species. Scientific name Common name (English) Gerbil, Namaqua brush-tailed Gerbillurus vallinus Gerbil, Namib brush-tailed Gerbillurus setzeri Gerbil, Namib dune Gerbillurus tytonis Gerbil, Pygmy Gerbillurus paeba Gerbil, Short-tailed Desmodillus auricularis Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis Golden mole, Namib Eremitalpa granti Grysbok, Sharpe's Raphicerus sharpei Unlike most rodents in the Namib, the rock rat does not excavate burrows but rather utilizes rock crevices as a shelter from predation and intense solar radiation, leaving this sanctuary after dark to forage (Roberts, 1951). REFERENCES Ascaray C. M. (1986) An ecological study of the hairyfooted gerbil, Gerbillurus paeba, in an Eastern Cape dunefield. Degus (Octogon degus) like this are also not gerbils. Its natural Introduction: The hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) is named after the French for a small mouse, gerbille.The specific name, paeba, is the Tswana name for a mouse. G. tytonis is restricted to the sand-dunes of the Namib Desert. Gerbillurus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species: Hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba); Namib brush-tailed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri); Dune hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis); Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus vallinus) Individuals of G. paeba paeba from the Namib Desert and G. paeba exilis were included in this study. Find link is a tool written by Edward Betts.. searching for Namib 308 found (1122 total) alternate case: namib Namib brush-tailed gerbil (596 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article The Namib brush-tailed gerbil or Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri) is a species of rodent endemic to Angola and Namibia. Insectivores. Subgenus Paratatera (PETTER1983) includes only one species, G. tytonis (BAUER & NIETHAMMER 1959), which is restricted to the shifting red sand dunes of the Namib Desert (DE Using the gerbil sequence-based phylogeny as scaffold (fig. Hairy Footed Gerbil. Eremitalpa granti. thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth. All members of this genus have hair on the soles of their feet, hence the name. Habitat selection, in relation to plant species diversity, plant biomass, plant cover and substrate compaction was investigated in the pygmy hairy-footed gerbil Gerbillurus paeba and the dune hairy-footed gerbil G. tytonis at three study areas situated across the Namib Desert dunefields. Boyer D. C. (1988) Effects of rodents on plant recruitment and production in the dune area of the Namib Species list: Mammals. Jerboas like this (Jaculus orientalis) are not gerbils or jirds and come from a totally different branch of rodents. Macroscelides proboscideus. Namib Paeba, Snowshoe Gerbil, Hairy-footed Gerbil, South African Pygmy Gerbil; Afrikaans: Haarpootnagmuis; German: Kalahari-Rennmaus Southwestern Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa Gerbillurus setzeri A Namib Paeba, also known as The Snowshoe Gerbil (Gerbillurus Paeba) A gerbil from the genus Taterillus. exilis exists as an isolated population in a coastal dunefield in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Grant's golden mole.