Gerbillus mackillingini (Thomas, 1904)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 552

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scientific name	Gerbillus mackillingini (Thomas, 1904)
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Gerbillus mackillingini (Thomas, 1904) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:158.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Wadi Alagai, eastern desert of Nubia .

DISTRIBUTION: E desert of S Egypt (see Osborn and Helmy, 1980) and probably adjacent Sudan.

COMMENTS: Although some authors have placed this species with G. nanus (see references in Lay, 1983), Osborn and Helmy (1980) demonstrated its specific distinction.