Swarthy gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Swarthy gerbil

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = Molur, S. |year= 2016 |title= Gerbillus aquilus |errata= 2017 |page= e.T9106A115089834 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9106A22465287.en}}

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = aquilus

| authority = Schlitter and Setzer, 1972

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The swarthy gerbil (Gerbillus aquilus) is distributed mainly in eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan, and western Pakistan.