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Pygmy gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Gerbillus
Species:	G. henleyi
Binomial name
Gerbillus henleyi de Winton, 1903

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. 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.

References

1. Granjon, L. (2017) . "Gerbillus henleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9127A115090818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9127A22464262.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
2. 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
3. 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

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Gerbillus
• Rodents of North Africa
• Rodents of Asia
• Mammals described in 1903
• Taxa named by William Edward de Winton