Phyllotis gerbillus Thomas, 1900 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 151.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Piura Dept., Piura .

DISTRIBUTION: N.W. Peru.

COMMENT: Formerly included in Paralomys; see Hershkovitz, 1962, Fieldiana Zool., 46:217, 399, and Pearson and Patton, 1976, J. Mammal., 57: 346, who considered gerbillus close to darwini, and not in a separate genus or subgenus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008042005001.