Somali pygmy gerbil

The Somali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, and the only species in the genus Microdillus. It is found only in Somalia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It was first described by William Edward de Winton in 1898 under the name Gerbillus peeli, from specimens collected by C. V. A. Peel in Somaliland, with the type locality given as Eyk at about 1,372 metres above sea level. The Mammal Diversity Database also lists it as Peel's pygmy gerbil, places it in the Afrotropical realm and notes that it is a living species known from the wild.