Gerbillus allenbyi Thomas, 1918 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2:146.

TYPE LOCALITY: Israel, Rehoboth .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Israel, coastal dunes from N of Gaza to Haifa.

COMMENTS: Lay (1983) mentioned the synonymy of this form with G. andersoni, as accepted by Harrison and Bates (1991), but kept it separate pending a revision of the genus.