Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) famulus Yerbury and Thomas 1895

Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) famulus Yerbury and Thomas 1895, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895: 551.

Type Locality: South Yemen, Aden, Lehej.

Vernacular Names: Black-tufted Gerbil.

Distribution: Endemic to South Yemen and North Yemen (see Harrison and Bates, 1991:272).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura . A large and elegant gerbil whose morphology, geographic range, and ecology were elucidated by Harrison and Bates (1991); also reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).