Sekeetamys calurus (Thomas, 1892) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9:76.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Sinai, near Tor .

DISTRIBUTION: From E Egypt through Sinai, S Israel and Jordan into C Saudi Arabia (see Osborn and Helmy, 1980; Harrison and Bates, 1991).

SYNONYMS: makrami .

COMMENTS: Morphology, taxonomy, and ecology summarized by Harrison and Bates (1991).