Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

North African gerbil

Mammals

The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a rodent of the family Muridae found across North Africa, where it lives on arable land and rocky areas of the Maghreb and in hot Saharan deserts. It has long soft fur, cinnamon to orange-brown on the back and white beneath with a clear dividing line, white legs and feet with bare soles, and a tail almost twice the length of the head and body that is golden-brown above, white below and ends in a pencil-like tuft. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania, and generally favours habitats with rocks and vegetation rather than sand and gravel. It digs a burrow, lives on the ground and is active at night. Breeding follows the winter rains in Egypt, litters are about five pups, and its diet has not been studied. Farmers often treat it as an agricultural pest, and it is assessed as Least Concern.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Residential and Commercial Development 1
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Muridae, Taxa
Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Algeria

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Egypt

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Libya

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Mali

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Morocco

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Niger

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Sudan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Tunisia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source North African gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Sources
1. North African gerbil (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
  • Status
    The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the conservation status of this rodent as being of "least concern".
  • Ecology
    is a terrestrial and nocturnal animal
  • Ecology, threats
    Erosion, urbanization, and agriculture are some of the most prominent threats to the North African gerbil and other African rodents.
  • Status, relationship to people
    in some locations, such as in Morocco, it is reckoned to be an agricultural pest species
  • Distribution and habitat
    The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
    The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
  • In Biome: Desert, Lead, habitat
    and hot Saharan deserts
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.