Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804 . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1:24, Tabl. Meth., p. 22.

REVIEWED BY: E. L. Cockrum (ELC); D. L. Harrison (DLH); D. M. Lay (DML); C. B. Robbins (CBR).

COMMENT: Includes Monodia; formerly included Gerbillurus and Microdillus; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:11, 12, Davis, 1975, Part 6.4:5, Schlitter, 1976, Unpubl. Ph.D. Dissertation Univ. Maryland, 558 pp., and Schlitter, 1976, Diss. Abstr. Int., 37(6). Schlitter, in both 1976 treatments, included Dipodillus as a subgenus of Gerbillus . Petter, 1959, Mammalia, 23:308, Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:2, and Cockrum et al., 1976, Mammalia, 40:313-326, considered Dipodillus a distinct genus. Wassif, 1956, Ain Shams Sci. Bull., No. 1:173 -194 and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 1-579, regarded Dipodillus as a distinct genus, but in a different sense from Petter, 1959, and Cockrum et al., 1976, who are followed here; revision and clear definition of Hendecapleura, Gerbillus, and Dipodillus (sensu Osborn and Helmy, 1980) is needed; see also Ellerman, 1941:500-504. If Dipodillus is considered a distinct genus then the other naked-footed forms of Gerbillus should also be considered a distinct genus; the name Hendecapleura is available (ELC). This genus and related forms are in need of revision. Subfamily Gerbillinae; see comment under Cricetidae .

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