The cushioned gerbil, Gerbillus pulvinatus, is distributed mainly in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. IUCN lists the junior synonym Gerbillus bilensis as critically endangered.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern