Pouched gerbil Temporal range: LatePleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Desmodilliscus Wettstein, 1916
Species:	D. braueri
Binomial name
Desmodilliscus braueri Wettstein, 1916
D.b.braueri   D.b.buchanani   D.b.fuscus

Thepouched gerbil (Desmodilliscus braueri) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae. It is theonly species in thegenusDesmodilliscus and the subtribeDesmodilliscina.

It is found across western Africa from Mauritania east to Sudan. Its naturalhabitat is drysavanna.

This species is probably the smallest of the familia Muridae. It weighs 6 to 14 grams (0.21 to 0.49 oz), its length is 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) without the shorter, poorly haired tail.^[2]

• 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. 1212.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.

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