Lesser Gerbil

Lesser Gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. gerbillus
Binomial name
Gerbillus gerbillus
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.

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