Hoogstraal's gerbil (''Gerbillus hoogstraali'') is distributed mainly in southwestern

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. There are thought to be less than 250 individuals in existence. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

honors American entomologist and parasitologist Harry Hoogstraal.

References

* — Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened Gerbillus Endemic fauna of Morocco Rodents of North Africa Mammals described in 1975 Vulnerable animals Vulnerable biota of Africa {{gerbillus-stub