Lesser short-tailed gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Lesser short-tailed gerbil

| image = Gerbillus simoni.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Granjon, L. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=Gerbillus simoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T9149A115518404 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9149A22462349.en |access-date=14 March 2025}}

| genus = Dipodillus

| species = simoni

| authority = Lataste, 1881

}}

The lesser short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus simoni) is distributed mainly from eastern Morocco to Egypt. It is also known as Simon's dipodil. After morphological and molecular studies in 2010 Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus, and Dipodillus simoni was renamed into Gerbillus simoni.{{cite journal |author=Awatef Abiadh |author2=M'barek Chetoui |author3=Taher Lamine-Cheniti |author4=Ernesto Capanna|author5=Paolo Colangelo|title=Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |date=August 2010|volume=56|issue=2|pages=513–518|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.018 |pmid=20412863 |bibcode=2010MolPE..56..513A |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790310001727|access-date=12 February 2014|via=Elsevier|url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal|title=Morphometric analysis of six Gerbillus species (Rodentia, Gerbillinae) from Tunisia|date=September 2010|journal=Comptes Rendus Biologies |volume=333|issue=9|pages=680–687 |doi=10.1016/j.crvi.2010.07.003|author=Awatef Abiadh|author2=Paolo Colangelo|author3=Ernesto Capanna|author4=Tahar Lamine-Cheniti|author5=M'barek Chetoui |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46148011|via=ResearchGate|doi-access=free}}