30. Indian Gerbil, Tatera indica (Hardwicke, 1807) (IUCN Red List: LC) Subspecies: T. i. taeniurus (Wagner, 1843). Distribution: Common with a wide distribution along the Euphrates Valley and across Mesopotamia. (Fig. 36) Previous records: Sheikh Hassan and Al-Ghazili (Misonne 1957), Qal’at er-Rahba (Kock & Nader 1983), Tell Al-Buderi, Tell Sheikh Hamad, es- Salihiyyeh, Qal’at er-Rahba, Halebiyye, Katir Magara, and el- Ukersheh (Kock 1998), Kasret Muhammed Ali and el-Ukershe (Shehab et al. 2004), Al-Hasakah area (Daoud & Khalil 2009c), Al-Safeh, Mabroukah, Beer Al-Hashem, Halabiyyeh, Qal’at er-Rahba, Ain Jum’aa, and es- Salihiyyeh (Shehab et al. 2011).

Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597