Meriones sacramenti Thomas, 1922 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 10: 552.

TYPE LOCALITY: Israel, 10 mi. (16 km) S. Beersheba, 31° 15' N., 34° 47' E .

DISTRIBUTION: Jaffa south to Beersheba (Israel).

COMMENT: Formerly included in crassus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:647, but considered a distinct species by Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:590, Zavahi and Wahrman, 1957, Mammalia, 21:341-380, and Petter, 1957, Mammalia, 21:241-257.