Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 415

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scientific name	Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956
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Gerbillus mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956 . J. Mammal., 37:417.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, southwest of Faluja, W. bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya .

DISTRIBUTION: Valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers ( Iraq; S. W. Iran).

COMMENT: Formerly included in dasyurus ; see Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:532. Reviewed by Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39:423-445. DML includes mesopotamiae in genus Dipodillus ; but see comment under Gerbillus .