The pygmy gerbil (''Gerbillus henleyi'') is distributed mainly in

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil. ''Gerbillus henleyi'' is a long-tailed small gerbil with a back coat that is dark grey-brown which has specific white spots, and the species has small upper molars. Gerbillus henleyi, like other species of the Genus

Gerbillus ''Gerbillus'' is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies '' Dipodillus'' was ranged as a subgenus of ''Gerbillus'', however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate ...

, forage nocturnally and have mainly a plant based diet, and also depend on those dietary items for energy and water.Khokhlova, I. S., Kam, M., & Degen, A. A. (1997). A Small Gerbil That Maximizes Intake of Energy from Low-Energy Food. Journal of Mammalogy, 78(1), 158–162. doi: 10.2307/1382648

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q289439 Gerbillus Rodents of North Africa Rodents of Asia Mammals described in 1903 Taxa named by William Edward de Winton