Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann 1904

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1213

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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).