Gerbillus watersi de Winton, 1901 . Novit. Zool., 8:399.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Upper Nile, Shendi .

DISTRIBUTION: Somalia, Sudan.

COMMENTS: Listed both as a subspecies of G. nanus or as a valid species by Petter (1975b) in the same report. The species should be considered distinct until revisionary studies advise otherwise (Lay, 1983).