Lesser Short-tailed Gerbil

Lesser Short-tailed GerbilThis gerbil has bare hind-foot soles and no terminal tail tuft. An adult male was collected in low vegetation on arid steppe in northeastern Morocco.What does it look like?The specimen examined in the study had bare hind-foot soles and a tail about as long as its head and body, without a terminal tuft.How does it live?This gerbil has bare hind-foot soles and no terminal tail tuft. An adult male was collected in low vegetation on arid steppe in northeastern Morocco.In October 2014, one adult male was collected north of Ain Beni Mathar in northeastern Morocco. The site was arid steppe with low vegetation being replaced by irrigated wheat cropland.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.