Grobben's gerbil

Grobben's gerbil, Gerbillus grobbeni, is a species of rodent distributed mainly in Libya, in Cyrenaica around Dernah. Fewer than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild. It is named after the Austrian biologist Karl Grobben. A 2017 assessment of the species for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by Gerrie, Kennerley and Granjon lists it as data deficient, and the database entry includes a brief justification of that listing. The English Wikipedia entry is short, so the facts recorded here are its range, its small population and the origin of its name.