Cape short-eared gerbil
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Mammalia
- order: Rodentia
- family: Muridae
- genus: Desmodillus
- species: Desmodillus auricularis
- Keetmanshoop
Karas- Gobabis
Omaheke- Okahandja
Otjozondjupa
Namibia- Aliwal North
- Graaff-Reinet
Eastern Cape- Kuruman
Northern Cape
South Africa