Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann, 1904 . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1904(2):6.

TYPE SPECIES: Gerbillus auricularis Smith, 1834 .

COMMENTS: A South African endemic that is a member of the tribe Gerbillurini, along with Gerbillurus, in the classification scheme of Pavlinov et al. (1990).