This small gerbil is known mainly from North Africa and the Middle East, with records from parts of the Sahel. Its naked soles are distinctive.
It is small and has naked soles, one of the features used to distinguish it from a close relative.
It feeds mainly on seeds. In a captive study in the Negev Desert, it depended more on seeds than the two other species in the comparison.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.