Cape short-eared gerbil

Cape short-eared gerbil
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Desmodillus
Thomas & Schwann, 1904
Species:
D. auricularis
Binomial name
Desmodillus auricularis
(Smith, 1834)

The Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodillus. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.