Pygmy gerbil

Gerbillus henleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. henleyi
Binomial name
Gerbillus henleyi
de Winton, 1903

The pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil.

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