pygmy gerbil

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| image = Pygmy Gerbil imported from iNaturalist photo 260302397 on 14 February 2024.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|title=Gerbillus henleyi|last1=Granjon|first1=L.|year=2016|errata=2017|page=e.T9127A115090818|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9127A22464262.en|access-date=21 February 2022}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

| genus = Gerbillus

| species = henleyi

| authority = de Winton, 1903

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The pygmy gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi) is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil. Gerbillus henleyi is a long-tailed small gerbil with a back coat that is dark grey-brown which has specific white spots, and the species has small upper molars.Bouarakia, O., Denys, C., Nicolas, V., Tifarouine, L., Benazzou, T., & Benhoussa, A. (2018). Notes on the distribution and phylogeography of two rare small Gerbillinae (Rodentia, Muridae) in Morocco: Gerbillus simoni and Gerbillus henleyi. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 341(7-8), 398–409. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2018.08.001

Gerbillus henleyi, like other species of the Genus Gerbillus, forage nocturnally and have mainly a plant based diet, and also depend on those dietary items for energy and water.Khokhlova, I. S., Kam, M., & Degen, A. A. (1997). A Small Gerbil That Maximizes Intake of Energy from Low-Energy Food. Journal of Mammalogy, 78(1), 158–162. doi: 10.2307/1382648