Gerbillus dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) . Arch. Naturgesch., 8(1):20.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Sinai .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Iraq to Israel and Sinai; Arabian Peninsula.

COMMENT: Formerly included mesopotamiae; see Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:532, Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39:423-445, and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 155, who included dasyurus in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091011001.