Somali pygmy gerbil
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Tribe:	Gerbillini
Subtribe:	Gerbillina
Genus:	Microdillus Thomas, 1910
Species:	M. peeli
Binomial name
Microdillus peeli (de Winton, 1898)

TheSomali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae. It is theonly species in thegenusMicrodillus. It is found only inSomalia. Its naturalhabitat issubtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea". InWilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1240.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.

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