Wagner's gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Wagner's gerbil

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=Amori, G. |author2=Hutterer, R. |author3=Kryštufek, B. |author4=Yigit, N. |author5=Mitsainas, G. |author6=Palomo, L. |author7=Aulagnier, S. |date=2021 |title=Gerbillus dasyurus |amends=2016 |page=e.T9116A197509063 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T9116A197509063.en |access-date=21 February 2022}}

| image = Gerbillus dasyurus.jpg

| genus = Dipodillus

| species = dasyurus

| authority = (Wagner, 1842)

| synonyms = Gerbillus dasyurus

}}

Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) is a gerbil that is native mainly to the Nile Delta, Israel, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.{{cite journal|last1=Alagaili|first1=A.N.|last2=Mohammed|first2=O.B.|last3=Bennett|first3=N.C.|last4=Oosthuizen|first4=M.K.|title=Lights out, let's move about: locomotory activity patterns of Wagner's gerbil from the desert of Saudi Arabia|journal=African Zoology|date=October 2012|volume=47|issue=2|pages=195–202}}