The sand gerbil (''Gerbillus syrticus'') is distributed mainly in northeastern
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
. Less than 250 individuals are thought to be left in existence. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the
pygmy gerbil.
References
* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
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Gerbillus
Rodents of North Africa
Endemic fauna of Libya
Mammals described in 1974