The Agag gerbil (''Gerbillus agag'') is distributed mainly in southern

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

to northern

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

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lists the junior synonyms ''Gerbillus cosensi'' and ''G. dalloni'' as critically endangered.

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. * Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient * Schlitter, D. 2004.
Gerbillus cosensis

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 19 July 2007. * Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient Gerbillus Rodents of Africa Mammals described in 1903 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Gerbillus-stub