Gerbillus brockmani (Thomas, 1910) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5:420.

TYPE LOCALITY: Somalia, Burao, 85 mi S Berbera .

DISTRIBUTION: Somalia.

COMMENTS: Petter (1975b) placed brockmani in synonymy with G. nanus, but no evidence indicates that the species occurs anywhere remotely near Somalia (see Lay, 1983).