Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste 1880

Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste 1880, Le Naturaliste, 2 (40): 313.

Type Locality: Algeria, Laghouat.

Vernacular Names: Fat-tailed Jird.

Synonyms: Pachyuromys faroulti Thomas 1920; Pachyuromys natronensis De Winton 1903 .

Distribution: N Sahara desert from Western Sahara and Morocco to N Egypt.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The Moroccan population was mapped by Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986), Algerian population reviewed by Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991), the Libyan segment by Ranck (1968), and the Egyptian by Osborn and Helmy (1980). Chromosomal data summarized by Qumsiyeh and Schlitter (1991).