Dipodillus simoni (Lataste, 1881) . Le Naturaliste, 1:499.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, N. of Hodna, Oued-Magra .

DISTRIBUTION: N.E. Algeria; Tunisia; coastal plains of Egypt and Libya; perhaps Morocco.

COMMENT: Includes kaiseri; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:2, Cockrum et al., 1976, Mammalia, 40:313-326, and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 161. Also see Corbet, 1978:123, who listed kaiseri as a distinct species; simoni and kaiseri have disjunct distributions. May include zakariai; see Cockrum et al., 1976, Mammalia, 40:313-326 (DML).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091034001 as Gerbillus simoni .