Gerbillus gerbillus

Taxobox
name = "Gerbillus gerbillus"
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = stable
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Gerbillinae
genus = "Gerbillus"
species = "G. gerbillus"
binomial = "Gerbillus gerbillus"
binomial_authority = Olivier, 1801

"Gerbillus gerbillus" is distributed mainly in Morocco, Northern Nigeria to Jordan and Kenya. It is known as the lesser gerbil or small Egyptian gerbil. It is much smaller than other gerbils sometimes kept as pets.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
* http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/egyptian.htm