Gerbillus (Gerbillus) perpallidus Setzer 1958

Gerbillus (Gerbillus) perpallidus Setzer 1958, J. Egypt Publ. Health Assoc., 33: 221.

Type Locality: Egypt, Bir Victoria.

Vernacular Names: Pale Gerbil.

Distribution: N Egypt, west of the Nile River.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus . Treated as a species by most authors except Cockrum (1977) who placed it in G. latastei . See Lay (1983), Osborn and Helmy (1980), and Pavlinov et al. (1990) for reviews of this distinctive species.