Where does the Northern Savanna Gerbil live?
Gerbilliscus kempii has 1,183 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2025. Most records come from Uganda.
- 1,183 records
- 22 places
- 54 years recorded
- Mammalia class
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeGerbilliscus
When it is recorded
JFMAMJJASOND
Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
19022025
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 169 | |
| Togo | 148 | |
| Niger | 102 | |
| Cameroon | 79 | |
| Nigeria | 74 | |
| Burkina Faso | 70 | |
| Benin | 67 | |
| Guinea | 66 | |
| Sudan | 52 | |
| Ghana | 51 | |
| Sierra Leone | 51 | |
| Mali | 50 | |
| Senegal | 48 | |
| South Sudan | 42 | |
| Chad | 41 | |
| Mauritania | 27 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 25 | |
| Central African Republic | 13 | |
| Ethiopia | 3 | |
| Kenya | 3 | |
| Liberia | 1 | |
| Morocco | 1 |
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.