Lemniscomys barbarus is endemic to a narrow coastal zone in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. A few small populations have been found from the base of the Atlas Mountains to the Plateau Central. It has been hypothesized that the current range of L. barbarus was established during the early to mid-Pleistocene. (Carleton and Van Der Straeten, 1997; Lahmam et al., 2008; Quahbi, Aberkan, and Serre, 2003; van der Straeten, 2008)

 

Biogeographic Regions: Palearctic; Palearctic :: Native