Mauritanian gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Mauritanian gerbil

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = mauritaniae

| authority = Heim de Balsac, 1943

}}

The Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae) is distributed mainly in northern Mauritania. Some authorities place it in a separate genus, Monodia. It is also sometimes considered a subspecies of the Sudan gerbil.