The Occidental Gerbil has been reported along the Atlantic coast of southwestern Morocco and Western Sahara. A 2013 paper notes an unresolved proposal that it may be synonymous with another gerbil.
Its back is pale sandy in color, its underside is whitish, and the soles of its feet are furred.
Burrows were found beneath Suaeda shrubs growing on loose sandy mounds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.