Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei Thomas and Hinton 1923

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 : 1215

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scientific name	Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei Thomas and Hinton 1923
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Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei Thomas and Hinton 1923 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1923: 261.

Type Locality: Sudan, Jebel Marra.

Vernacular Names: Lowe's Dipodil.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as Gerbillus lowei .

Discussion: Subgenus Petteromys . Synonymized with D. campestris by F. Petter (1975 b) without supporting evidence, but should be kept separate pending revision of the genus ( Lay, 1983). Associated with D. campestris by Pavlinov et al. (1990).