Birthday gift from Namibia

 Mother Nature gave me another birthday gift, this time from Namibia. Identification was a bit challenging, but not too much. The Paeba Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba) is the species number 64 to me. It is a species of rodent found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate shrubland, hot deserts, sandy shores, and urban areas. All members of this genus have hair on the soles of their feet, hence the name. They prefer sandy soil or sandy alluvium with grass, scrub or light woodland cover.