Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mesopotamiae Harrison 1956

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 : 1229

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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mesopotamiae Harrison 1956 , J. Mammal., 37: 417.

Type Locality: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya.

Vernacular Names: Mesopotamian Gerbil.

Distribution: Iraq and SW Iran in valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (see Lay and Nadler, 1975).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura . Originally described as a subspecies of Dipodillus dasyurus , but later regarded as a distinctive species defined and reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Pavlinov et al. (1990).