Allactaga tetradactyla (Lichtenstein, 1823) . Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Univ. Berlin, p. 2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Libyan Desert between Siwa and Alexandria .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal gravel plains of Egypt and E Libya, from near Alexandria to the Gulf of Sirte (see Ranck, 1968, and Osborn and Helmy, 1980).

SYNONYMS: brucii (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Scarturus .