Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, 1919 . J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26:748.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, Lower Euphrates, near Basra .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Iran, C and S Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, North Yemen, South Yemen, and Kuwait (see Lay and Nadler, 1975; Harrison and Bates, 1991).

SYNONYMS: arduus, maritimus .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975), Lay (1983), and Harrison and Bates (1991). Chromosomal polymorphism among samples from Kuwait was analyzed and reported by Badr and Asker (1980). Detailed comparisons between Qatarian G. cheesmani and G. nanus in cranial morphology were reported by Madkour (1984).