occidental gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Occidental gerbil

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = occiduus

| authority = Lay, 1975

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Kennerley, R. |author2=Granjon, L. |date=2017 |title=Gerbillus occiduus |volume=2017 |page=e.T9138A101208498 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9138A101208498.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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The occidental gerbil (Gerbillus occiduus) is distributed mainly southwestern Morocco. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild.