Pouched gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = Late Pleistocene to Recent

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Granjon, L. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=Desmodilliscus braueri |volume=2016 |page=e.T6508A115082294 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6508A22414995.en |access-date=26 February 2025}}

| parent_authority = Wettstein, 1916

| taxon = Desmodilliscus braueri

| authority = Wettstein, 1916

| range_map = Distribution of Desmodilliscus braueri.png

| range_map_caption = {{legend|brown|D.b.braueri}}

{{legend|orange|D.b.buchanani}}

{{legend|green|D.b.fuscus}}

}}

The pouched gerbil (Desmodilliscus braueri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodilliscus and the subtribe Desmodilliscina.

It is found across western Africa from Mauritania east to Sudan. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

This species is probably the smallest of the familia Muridae. It weighs {{convert|6|to|14|g}}, its length is {{cvt|4|to|8|cm}} without the shorter, poorly haired tail.[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/852670/Desmodilliscus-braueri gerbil (Britannica Online Encyclopedia)]