Gerbillus henleyi (De Winton, 1903) . Novit. Zool., 10: 284.

TYPE LOCALITY: Lower Egypt, Wadi Natron, Zaghig .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria to Israel and Jordan; North Yemen.

COMMENT: Includes mariae and jordani; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:634, Kock, 1978, Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 6:31 -37, and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 179- 181, who included henleyi in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus . See Bahmangar and Lay, 1975, Mammalia, 39:323, for discussion of distribution.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091019001.