Lataste's gerbil

Lataste's gerbil (Gerbillus latastei), also known as the hairy-footed gerbil, is a gerbil found mainly in Tunisia and Libya and possibly in Algeria. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in the family Muridae, subfamily Gerbillinae, tribe Gerbillini and genus Gerbillus, in the nominate subgenus Gerbillus, and lists it in the Palearctic biogeographic realm with Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as its countries. The species was described in 1903 by O. Thomas and E. L. Trouessart in a note on the rodents of Tunisia collected by Marius Blanc. The holotype came from Kebili in southern Tunisia, which is its type locality. The Mammal Diversity Database records its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated, and the names Gerbillus aureus and Gerbillus pyramidum aureus are among its listed synonyms.