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title: "Baluchistan Gerbil"
description: "Gerbillus nanus — Mammiferi. The Balochistan gerbil or dwarf gerbil (Gerbillus nanus), is distributed mainly from Morocco across north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and western Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/baluchistan-gerbil
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baluchistan Gerbil

> Gerbillus nanus — Mammiferi. The Balochistan gerbil or dwarf gerbil (Gerbillus nanus), is distributed mainly from Morocco across north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and western Asia.

- Scientific name: *Gerbillus nanus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 54
- Wikidata: [Q1765950](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1765950)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44221](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44221)

## Names

- en: Baluchistan Gerbil
- es: Jerbillo Enano
- fr: Gerbille naine
- pl: Myszoskoczka beludżystańska

## Countries with the most observations

AE (8), IL (8), PK (4)

## Summary

The Balochistan gerbil or dwarf gerbil (Gerbillus nanus), is distributed mainly from Morocco across north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and western Asia. This is a common species with a wide distribution which faces no obvious threats, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_gerbil

## Photo

![Baluchistan Gerbil](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/baluchistan-gerbil/medium.jpg)

Photo: William Thomas Blanford · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GerbillusNanus.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/baluchistan-gerbil?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).