Pale gerbil: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pale gerbil lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gerbillus perpallidus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the pale gerbil live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pale gerbil in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Egypt

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the pale gerbil endangered?

The pale gerbil’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pale gerbil?

The pale gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Gerbillus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pale gerbil

The pale gerbil (Gerbillus perpallidus) is endemic to Egypt and is distributed mainly in the northwestern part of the country. It is also known as the pallid gerbil. The pale gerbil has pale orange fur, with white underparts, white forelimbs and white feet. The ears are unpigmented and the soles of the feet are haired, which is a characteristic of sand-dwelling gerbils.

It averages 22 to 27 cm in length, and weights 26 to 49 g.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pale gerbil (revision 1314910392), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1764494 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).