Meriones sacramenti Thomas, 1922 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 10:552.

TYPE LOCALITY: Israel, 10 mi S Beersheba .

DISTRIBUTION: A small range in Israel, on coastal plain S of the River Yarqon and in the northern Negev.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pallasiomys . A distinctive Israeli endemic, reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991).