Gerbillus nanus Blanford, 1875 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 16: 312.

TYPE LOCALITY: Pakistan, Baluchistan, west of Gwadar, Gedrosia .

DISTRIBUTION: Baluchistan to the Arabian Peninsula and Israel to Algeria; Somalia.

COMMENT: Included in genus Dipodillus by Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 167; but see comment under Gerbillus . Includes brockmani, garamantis, principulus, and perhaps muriculus (treated here as distinct); see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3: 10, 12, and Kock, 1978, Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 6: 34, who also included mackilligini in nanus . Corbet, 1978:120, included amoenus and quadrimaculatus in nanus; but see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:11, who included amoenus and quadrimaculatus in campestris, and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5:167 (followed here), who considered amoenus and mackilligini distinct species. Includes arabium, indus, and lixa; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:633, Lay et al., 1975, Z. Saugetierk., 40:141-150, and Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:522. Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 8: 27, discussed brockmani. May include grobbeni, hilda, and quadrimaculatus (DML), who regards brockmani and garamantis as distinct species pending revision.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091026001.