Pleasant gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Pleasant gerbil

| fossil_range = Pliocene - Recent

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Granjon, L. | title = Gerbillus amoenus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T9104A22465368 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9104/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9104A22465368.en | access-date = 13 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = amoenus

| authority = (de Winton, 1902)

| synonyms = Gerbillus vivax (partim)

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The pleasant gerbil (Gerbillus amoenus) is a species of rodent found mainly in Libya and Egypt, and possibly Mauritania to Tunisia. This species is about 6 cm in body length, with a brown agouti-style coat, a white belly and a very long tail. It is also known as the charming dipodil.