The cushioned gerbil (Gerbillus pulvinatus) is distributed mainly in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. 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 Gerbillus Rodents of Africa Mammals of Kenya Mammals of Djibouti Mammals of Ethiopia Mammals of Somalia Mammals described in 1896