Least gerbil

Least 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. pusillus
Binomial name
Gerbillus pusillus Peters, 1878
Synonyms
Gerbillus diminutus Gerbillus percivali Gerbillus ruberrimus

The least gerbil (Gerbillus pusillus) is distributed mainly in South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Schlitter (2004). "Gerbillus pusillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2006. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
• Schlitter; Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus ruberrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2006. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern