Gerbillus agag Thomas, 1903 . Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1903:296.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, W Kordofan, Agageh Wells .

DISTRIBUTION: N Nigeria, Mali, and Niger to Chad, Sudan, and Kenya.

COMMENTS: The forms cosensi, maradius, nigeriae, and sudanensis have been associated with G. agag, but Lay (1983) found the limits of this species impossible to define based on published analyses and regarded it as monotypic pending systematic revision.