Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann 1904

Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann 1904, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904 (2): 6.

Type Species: Gerbillus auricularis Smith 1834

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Desmodillus auricularis (Smith 1834)

Discussion: Tribe Taterillini, Subtribe Gerbillurina . A Southern African endemic represented by fossils through the Holocene to early Pliocene (Langebaanweg) of South Africa (Avery, 1998; Denys, 1999) and the Pleistocene of Namibia (Senut et al., 1992).