Gerbillus garamantis Lataste, 1881 . Le Naturaliste, 3:507.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Ouargla, Sidi Roueld .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria.

COMMENTS: Most workers have included this taxon in G. nanus (e.g., Kowalski and RzebikKowalska, 1991), but never with supporting evidence, and Lay elaborated why it should be considered valid pending revision of the G. nanus group. The species (listed under G. nanus) was reviewed by Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska (1991).