Gerbillus henleyi (de Winton, 1903) . Novit. Zool., 10:284.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Wadi Natron, Zaghig .

DISTRIBUTION: From Algeria through N Africa to Israel and Jordan, scattered records in W Saudia Arabia, N Yemen, and Oman; also recorded from Burkina Faso (Maddalena et al., 1988) and N Senegal (Duplantier et al. 1991a).

SYNONYMS: jordani, makrami, marine.

COMMENTS: Broad segments of the species reviewed by Ranck (1968, Libya), Osborn and Helmy (1980, Egypt), Harrison and Bates (1991, Arabian Peninsula), and Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991, Algeria). The occurrences in Burkina Faso and Senegal were postulated to reflect the southward expansion of Saharan environments (Duplantier et al., 1991a).