Fringe-tailed Gerbil

Fringe-tailed GerbilThis gerbil has a conspicuous dark tuft at the end of its long tail. Records also place it in dry savannas and fallow fields.What does it look like?Its glossy back ranges from beige to gray-brown, with a clear boundary above the white belly. The furred tail is longer than the body and ends in a prominent dark tuft.How does it live?This gerbil has a conspicuous dark tuft at the end of its long tail. Records also place it in dry savannas and fallow fields.The account describes it as terrestrial and nocturnal, and mainly herbivorous. Records include dry savanna and fallow farmland on clay soils.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.