Gerbillus

{{short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Pliocene–Recent

| image = Perpallidus.jpg

| image_caption = Pale gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus)

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Gerbillus

| authority = Desmarest, 1804

| type_species = Gerbillus aegyptius{{MSW3|id=13001095}}

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision =

Hendecapleura

Gerbillus

}}

Gerbillus is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus,{{cite journal|last=Elsevier |author2=Awatef Abiadh |author3=M'barek Chetoui |author4=Taher Lamine-Cheniti |author5=Ernesto Capanna|title=Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|journal=Comptes Rendus Biologies |date=2010|volume=56|issue=2|pages=513–518|doi=10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003|pmid=20816648 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46148011|access-date=12 February 2014|doi-access=free}} however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate them.