Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste, 1880 . Le Naturaliste, 2(40):313.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Laghouat .

DISTRIBUTION: N Sahara desert from W Morocco to N Egypt.

SYNONYMS: faroulti, natronensis.

COMMENTS: The Algerian population was reviewed by Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991), the Libyan segment by Ranck (1968), and the Egyptian by Osborn and Helmy (1980).