GENUS OF GERBILLUS (northern pygmy gerbils):

SPECIES	DISTRIBUTION
Gerbillus acticola (Berbera gerbil)	Somalia
Gerbillus agag (Agag gerbil)	southern Mauretania to northern Nigeria and Sudan
Gerbillus allenbyi (Allenby's gerbil)	coastal Israel
Gerbillus amoenus (Charming/Pleasant dipodil)	Libya, Egypt, possibly Mauritania to Tunisia
Gerbillus andersoni (Anderson's gerbil, Bayoudi)	coastal areas from Tunisia to Israel
Gerbillus aquilus (Swarthy gerbil)	eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan
Gerbillus bilensis (Bilen gerbil)	Ethiopia; near Bilen
Gerbillus bonhotei (Bonhote's gerbil)	northeastern Sinai Peninsula
Gerbillus bottai (Botta's gerbil)	Sudan and Kenya
Gerbillus burtoni (Burton's gerbil)	Sudan; Dharfur
Gerbillus brockmani (Brokman's gerbil)	Somalia
Gerbillus campestris (Large north African dipodil)	Atlantic coast of the Sahara to Egypt and Somalia
Gerbillus cheesmani (Cheesman's gerbil)	Arabian Peninsula to southwestern Iran
Gerbillus cosensis (Cosen's gerbil)	Kenya; Kozibiri River, Ngamatak, Turkel River
Gerbillus dalloni (Dallon's gerbil)	Chad; Tibesti region
Gerbillus dasyurus (Wagner's dipodil, Rough-tailed dipodil, Wadi Hof gerbil)	Nile Delta, Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula
Gerbillus diminutus (Diminutive gerbil)	Kenya
Gerbillus dongolanus (Dongola gerbil)	Sudan; Dongola
Gerbillus dunni (Somalia gerbil)	Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti
Gerbillus famulus (Black-tufted gerbil)	southwestern Arabian Peninsula
Gerbillus floweri (Flower's gerbil)	Egypt, Sinai; south of El Arish
Gerbillus garamantis (Algerian gerbil)	Algeria
Gerbillus gerbillus (Lesser gerbil, small Egyptian gerbil)	Morocco, Northern Nigeria to Jordan and Kenya
Gerbillus gleadowi (Indian hairy-footed gerbil)	Pakistan, northwestern India
Gerbillus grobbeni (Grobben's gerbil)	Libya; Cyrenaica, Dernah
Gerbillus harwoodi (Harwood's gerbil)	Kenya
Gerbillus henleyi (Henley's gerbil, Pygmy dipodil)	Algeria to Israel and Arabian Peninsula
Gerbillus hesperinus (Western gerbil)	northern Morocco
Gerbillus hoogstraali (Hoogstraal's gerbil)	southwestern Morocco
Gerbillus jamesi (Jame's gerbil)	Tunisia
Gerbillus juliani (Julian's gerbil)	Somailia
Gerbillus latastei (Hairy-footed gerbil)	Tunisia, Libya, possibly Algeria
Gerbillus lowei (Lowe's gerbil)	Sudan; Jebel Marra
Gerbillus mackillingini Mackilligin's dipodil)	southeastern Egypt and probably adjecent Sudan
Gerbillus maghrebi (Greater short-tailed gerbil)	northern Morocco
Gerbillus mauritaniae (Mauritian gerbil)	northern Mauritania
Gerbillus mesopotamiae (Harrison's gerbil)	Tigris-Euphrates Valley in Iraq and western Iran
Gerbillus muriculus (Barfur gerbil)	western Sudan
Gerbillus nancillus (Sudan gerbil)	central Sudan
Gerbillus nanus (= Gerbillus dasyurus indus?) (Baluchistan gerbil, Wagner's gerbil)	Morocco to Somalia and western India
Gerbillus nigeriae (Nigerian gerbil)	northern Nigeria and Burkina Faso
Gerbillus occiduus (Occidental gerbil)	southwestern Morocco
Gerbillus percivali (Percival's gerbil)	Kenya
Gerbillus perpallidus (Pallid gerbil)	northwestern Egypt
Gerbillus poecilops (Large Aden gerbil)	southwestern Arabian Peninsula
Gerbillus principulus (Principal gerbil)	Sudan; Jebel Meidob; El Malha
Gerbillus pulvinatus (Cushioned gerbil)	Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya
Gerbillus pusillus (Least gerbil)	southern Sudan, soutwestern Ethiopia, Kenya
Gerbillus pyramidum (Greater gerbil, Large Egyptian gerbil)	throughout northern Africa, Israel
Gerbillus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted gerbil)	north east Sudan
Gerbillus riggenbachi (Riggenbach's gerbil)	Morocco, Western Sahara
Gerbillus rosalinda (Rosalinda gerbil)	central Sudan
Gerbillus ruberrimus (Little red gerbil)	Kenya, Somalia
Gerbillus simoni (Simon's dipodil, lesser short-tailed gerbil)	eastern Morocco to Egypt
Gerbillus somalicus (Somalian gerbil)	Somalia
Gerbillus stigmonyx (Khartoum gerbil)	Sudan
Gerbillus syrticus (Sand gerbil)	northeastern Libya
Gerbillus tarabuli (Tarabul's gerbil)	Libya
Gerbillus watersi (Water's gerbil)	Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti
Gerbillus vivax (Vivacious gerbil)	Libya

 

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GENUS OF GERBILLURUS (southern pygmy gerbils):

SPECIES	DISTRIBUTION
Gerbillurus paeba (Hairy-footed gerbil)	southwestern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
Gerbillurus setzeri (Setzer's Hairy-footed gerbil)	Namibia
Gerbillurus tytonis (Dune hairy-footed gerbil)	southern Namibia
Gerbillurus vallinus (Brush-tailed hairy-footed gerbil)	southwestern Angola, Namibia

 

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GENUS OF MERIONES (jirds):

SPECIES	DISTRIBUTION
Meriones arimalius (Arabian jird)	northern sands of the Rub al Khalin, Saudi Arabia and Oman
Meriones chengi (Cheng's jird)	China; north Xinjiang (Sinkiang), Da-Ho-Yien, Turfan
Meriones dahli (Dahl's jird)	local in sandy habitats in Armenia
Meriones crassus (Silky's jird, Sundevall's jird, Swinhoe's jird)	across N Africa from Morocco through Niger, Sudan and Egypt to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan
Meriones hurrianae (Indian desert jird, Indian desert gerbil)	Thar Desert in SE Iran, Pakistan and NW India
Meriones libycus (Libyan jird)	N Africa from W Sahara (Rio de Oro) to Egypt, through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and into S Turkestan to W China (Xinjiang)
Meriones meridianus (Mid-day jird)	from Lower Don River and N of the Caucasus to Mongolia and the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang, Qinghai, Shanxi and Hebei S to E Iran and N Afghanistan
Meriones persicus (Persian jird)	from Iran, dedjacent regions of Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan (W of Indus River)
Meriones rex (King jird)	SW Arabia, from Mecca to Aden
Meriones sacramenti (Negev jird, Buxton's jird)	small range in Israel, on the coastal plains of S of the River Yarqon and in the N Negev
Meriones shawi (Shaw's jird)	Mediterranean litteral of Morocco to N Sinai
Meriones tamariscinus (Tamarisk jird)	N Caucasus and Kazakhstan to the Altai Mtns and through N Xinjiang and W Gansu of China
Meriones tristrami (Tristram's jird)	from Israel, Lebanon and Jordan to E Turkey, Syria, N Iraq, NW Iran and Transcaucasia
Meriones unguiculatus (Mongolian gerbil)	Mongolia, adjecent regions of Siberia (Transbaikalia) and of China from N Gansu through Nei Mongol to Heilongjiang
Meriones vinogradovi (Vinogradov's jird)	SE Turkey, N Syria, N Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan
Meriones zarudnyi (Zarudny's jird)	NE Iran, N Afghanistan and S Turkmenistan

 

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GENUS OF TATERA (large naked-soled gerbils):

SPECIES	DISTRIBUTION
Tatera afra (Cape gerbil)	southwestern South Africa
Tatera boehmi (Boehm's gerbil)	southwestern Kenya to Angola and Zambia
Tatera brantsii (Highveld gerbil, Brant's gerbil)	southern Africa
Tatera gambiana = Tatera kempi (Kemp's gerbil)	from Gambia to upper Cameroun
Tatera guineae (Guinea gerbil)	Senegal to Ghana
Tatera inclusa (Gorogoza gerbil)	Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Tatera indica (Indian gerbil, Antelope rat)	Syria to India, Sri Lanka
Tatera kempi = Tatera gambiana (Kemp's gerbil)	from Gambia to upper Cameroun
Tatera leucogaster (Bushveld gerbil, Peters' gerbil)	Angola and southwestern Tanzania to South Africa
Tatera nigricauda (Black-tailed gerbil)	southern Ethiopia to northern Zanzania
Tatera phillipsi (Phillip's gerbil)	Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
Tatera robusta (Fringe-tailed gerbil)	Guinea-Bissau to Somalia and central Tanzania
Tatera valida (Savanna gerbil, Bocage's gerbil)	savannah zones from Senegal to western Ethiopia, and south to Angola and Zambia

 

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GENUS OF TATERILLUS (Small naked-soled gerbils):

Taterillus arenarius (Sahel gerbil)	southern parts of Mauretania, Mali and Chad
Taterillus congicus (Congo gerbil)	eastern Cameroon to Sudan
Taterillus emini (Emin's gerbil)	Chad and Central African Republic to northwestern Kenya
Taterillus gracilis (Slender gerbil)	Senegal to Nigeria, probably Cameroon
Taterillus harringtoni (Harrington's gerbil)	central Sudan and eastern Central African Republic to southern Somalia and northeastern Tanzania
Taterillus lacustris (Lake Chad gerbil)	northeastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, possibly Niger and Chad
Taterillus nigeriae (possibly T. gracilis ssp) Nigerian gerbil
Taterillus petteri (Petter's gerbil)	Burkino Faso
Taterillus pygargus (Senegal gerbil)	southern Mauretania, Senegal, Gambia, southwestern Mali

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