Lagos-rubber vs Pale Gerbil

Funtumia africana compared with Gerbillus perpallidus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Pale Gerbil
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Funtumia	Gerbillus
Species	Funtumia africana	Gerbillus perpallidus

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Pale Gerbil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Pale Gerbil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Pale Gerbil

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.