| Mackilligin's Gerbil | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dipodillus |
| Species: | D. mackilligini |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodillus mackilligini (Thomas, 1904) |
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| Synonyms | |
Dipodillus mackilligini,[7] sometimes misspelled mackillingini and also known as Mackilligin's Gerbil or Dipodil,[8][9] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It occurs in the southeastern deserts of Egypt and probably in nearby Sudan. It has been grouped with Dipodillus nanus, but is now considered specifically distinct.[10]