Gerbillus andersoni De Winton, 1902 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, E. Alexandria, Mandara .

DISTRIBUTION: Jordan; Israel; Sinai; N. Egypt; Libya; Tunisia.

COMMENT: Includes allenbyi, eatoni, inflatus, and versicolor; see Cockrum et al., 1976, Mammalia, 40:470. Includes bonhotei; see Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5:129. Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:536, considered allenbyi a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091003001 as G. andersoni .

5301410008091013001 as G. eatoni .