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Gerbillus ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 538. TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Finik, near Webi Shebeli. DISTRIBUTION: Somalia and Kenya. COMMENT: Listed as a distinct species by Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 8:26, and Rupp, 1980, Saugetierk. Mitt., 28:87; but also see Roche, 1975, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 6:263-268, who included ruberrimus in pusillus. DML includes ruberrimus in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 417, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031