Vol. XIII, pp. 163-164 October 31, 1900 



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A NEW GERBILLE FROM EASTERN TURKESTAN Xf^ „. ] 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER. Ju. 



Three specimens of Gerhilftis collected by Ur. W. L. Abbott in 

 Eastern Turkestan near Aksu and in the jungle east of Maral- 

 bashi have heretofore been referred with some hesitation to G. 

 przeivalskii Biichner, a species known from a few localities in 

 the Tarira Valley near Lob Nor on the opposite side of the 

 Desert of Gobi. A para type of Biichner's animal received in 

 exchange from the St. Petersburg Museum shows that the iden- 

 tification of the Aksu specimens is incorrect and that they rep- 

 resent a distinct and easily recognizable species. 



Gerbillus arenicolor sp. nov. 



Tyije adult male (skin and skull), No. (j2,14::! United States National 

 Museum, collected in the jungle on Yarkand River, east of Maralbashi, 

 Eastern Turkestan, February 9, 1894. 



Cliardcttrx. — Li size and form similar to Gerbillus przewalxkii Biichner, 

 but color light sandy gray instead of pale yellowish buff. 



Color. — Dorsal surface of body and head a fine sandy grizzle produced 

 by a mixture. of pale buff, dark brown, and pale ecru-drab, the brown 

 most conspicuous near median line, but never in excess of the paler 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Listitution. 



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