Gerbillurus Shortridge, 1942 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 36(1):27 — 100.

REVIEWED BY: C. B. Robbins (CBR); C. J. Terry (CJT).

COMMENT: Gerbillurus was considered a subgenus of Gerbillus by Shortridge, 1942, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 36(1):27 — 100, and Ellerman et al., 1953, Southern Afr. Mammals ... A Reclassification, Trustees Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., 363 pp. However, Roberts, 1951, The Mammals of South Africa, 700 pp., Lundholm, 1955, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 22:279-303, Schütter, 1976, Diss. Abstr. Int., 37(6), Davis, 1975, Part 6.4:5, and Swanepoel et al., 1980, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32(7): 175, considered it a distinct genus. Davis, 1975, Part 6.4:5, also suggested that paeba and vallinus may not be congeneric. Subfamily Gerbillinae; see comment under Cricetidae .