Pygmy gerbil

The pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi, is distributed mainly from Algeria to Israel and across the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or the pygmy dipodil. According to its English Wikipedia article it is a small, long-tailed gerbil with a dark grey-brown back coat marked by distinctive white spots, and it has small upper molars. Like other species of the genus Gerbillus, it forages at night and eats mainly plant material, relying on those food items for both energy and water. The article does not give its lifespan, body size or conservation status, which remain to be added from other sources.