Psammomys vexillaris Thomas, 1925 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 16: 198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Libya, Tripolitania Prov., Bu Ngem (Bondjem) .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria; Tunisia; Libya.

COMMENT: Included in obesus by Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:3, and Corbet, 1978:128; but see Cockrum et al., 1977, Mammalia, 41:321 -326.