The sand gerbil (''Gerbillus syrticus'') is distributed mainly in northeastern

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

. Less than 250 individuals are thought to be left in existence. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the pygmy gerbil.

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* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient {{Taxonbar, from=Q1768475 Gerbillus Rodents of North Africa Endemic fauna of Libya Mammals described in 1974