Gerbillurus setzeri (Schütter, 1973) . Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 72:13.

TYPE LOCALITY: Namibia, Gobabeb, 1 mi E Namib Desert Research Station .

DISTRIBUTION: Namib Desert, from the Namib-Naukluft Nat. Park north through Namibia to extreme SW Angola (Meester et al., 1986; Skinner and Smithers, 1990).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Gerbillurus . Interpretation of chromosomal data indicated G. setzeri and G. tytonis are closely related (Qumsiyeh et al., 1991). Reviewed by Griffin (1990), who also refered to an undescribed form (G. cf. setzeri) coexisting with G. setzeri .