The lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) is a small rodent of the family Muridae that lives across North Africa and on the Sinai Peninsula, where it favours sandy ground such as dunes, dune slacks with sparse plants, wind-blown sand in dry riverbeds, palm groves and oases. It is a sleek, sandy-coloured animal with a head-and-body length of about 88 millimetres, a tail of about 117 millimetres, large furred ears, pale rings around the eyes and white underparts sharply set off from the flanks. It digs a branching burrow up to 4.5 metres long and 60 centimetres deep with chambers for food and nesting material, often shared by several gregarious individuals. Nocturnal, it eats seeds and fruit, with buds, leaves and spring insects as extras, and it shows a homing ability when moved away from its burrow. Common across a very wide range, with no particular threats identified, it is rated Least Concern by the IUCN.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsOther or No Known Threats 1 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
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Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
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the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Ecology
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is nocturnal.
Ecology, diet
Its diet includes seeds and fruits, sometimes supplemented by buds and leaves, and by insects in the spring.
Lead, system
It is native to North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula, where it lives in sandy habitats.
Lead, living or extinct
It is a common species
Status
It is a common species with the population size varying from year to year but in the long term appearing to be stable.
Status, threats
No particular threats have been identified
Distribution and habitat
The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
The lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) is a small species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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