Gerbillus burtoni F. Cuvier 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1225

Gerbillus burtoni F. Cuvier 1838

Gerbillus burtoni F. Cuvier 1838 , Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 2: 145.

Type Locality: Sudan, Dharfur.

Vernacular Names: Burton's Gerbil.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Usually treated as a synonym of G. pyramidum ( Pavlinov et al., 1990; also see references in Lay, 1983), but Lay (1983) mustered diagnostic cranial traits seen in the original cranial illustrations that appear to distinguish them. Until a critical revision of the G. pyramidum complex defines the status of burtoni , we retain it as a species following Lay.