Dipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus Thomas 1910

Dipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus Thomas 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5: 197.

Type Locality: Somalia, Upper Sheikh.

Vernacular Names: Somalian Dipodil.

Distribution: Somalia (Lay, 1983) and Djibouti (Pearch et al., 2001).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Gerbillus somalicus .

Discussion: Subgenus Petteromys . Included in D. campestris by F. Petter (1975 b) and Pavlinov et al. (1990), but treated by Lay (1983) as a distinct species pending taxonomic revision.