Least gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Least gerbil

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |last1=Granjon |first1=L. |year=2019 |title=Gerbillus pusillus |volume=2019 |page=e.T9144A22463078 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T9144A22463078.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = pusillus

| authority = Peters, 1878

| synonyms = *Gerbillus ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896

  • Gerbillus diminutus (Dollman, 1911)
  • Gerbillus percivali (Dollman, 1914)

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Gerbillus pusillus W. C. H. Peters, 1878 |url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002942 |website=Mammal Diversity Database |publisher=American Society of Mammalogists |access-date=1 October 2024}}

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The least gerbil (Gerbillus pusillus) is a species of rodent in the subfamily Gerbillinae. It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania.

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