Taterillus arenarius Robbins, 1974

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 562

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Taterillus arenarius Robbins, 1974 View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 87:399.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mauritania, Trarza Region, Tiguent .

DISTRIBUTION: N Sahel savanna and subdesert from Mauritania and through Mali to Niger (see Robbins, 1974); eastern limits unknown although Sicard et al. (1988) believed the species to be confined to the left bank of the Niger River .

COMMENTS: Robbins (1974) compared his new species with samples of T. gracilis and T. pygarus . The latter and T. arenarius are sympatric in S Mauritania.