CONTENTS VII 



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 Family Cricetidae — Continued 



Subfamily Gerbillinae — Continued 

 Genus Meriones Illiger — Continued 



Meriones caudatus luridus, new subspecies 173 



Meriones crassus tripolius Thomas 176 



Meriones libycus auratus, new subspecies 183 



Meriones libycus azizi Setzer 185 



Genus Psammomys Cretzschmar 187 



Psammomys obesus obesus Cretzschmar 190 



Psammomys obesus tripolitanus Thomas 192 



Psammomys vexillaris vexillaris Thomas 192 



Family Spalacidae 194 



Genus Spalax Giildenstaedt 194 



Spalax ehrenbergi aegyptiacus Nehring 194 



Family Muridae 199 



Genus Rattus Fischer 199 



Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) 199 



Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) 200 



Genus Mas Linnaeus 203 



Mus musculus Linnaeus 203 



Genus Acomys Geoff roy 208 



Acomys cahirinus viator Thomas 208 



Family Gliridae 212 



Genus Eliomys Wagner 212 



Eliomys quercinus cyrenaicus Festa 214 



Eliomys quercinus denticulatus, new subspecies 216 



Eliomys quercinus tunetae Thomas 219 



Family Dipodidae 220 



Genus Jaculus Erxleben 220 



Jaculus deserti favilhis Setzer 224 



Jaculus deserti fuscipes, new subspecies 226 



Jaculus deserti rarus, new subspecies 228 



Jaculus deserti vastus, new subspecies 230 



Jaculus jaculus arenaceous, new subspecies 234 



Jaculus jaculus collinsi, new subspecies 236 



Jaculus jaculus cufrensis, new subspecies 238 



Jaculus jaculus tripolilanicus, new subspecies 240 



Jaculus jaculus whitchurchi, new subspecies 242 



Jaculus oricntalis orientalis Erxleben 244 



Genus Allactaga Cuvier 248 



Allactaga letradactyla (Lichtenstein) 248 



Family Hystricidae 251 



Genus Hystrix Linnaeus 251 



Hystrix cristata Linnaeus 251 



Family Ctenodactylidae 252 



Genus Clenodactylus Gray 252 



Ctenodactylus gundi gundi (Rothman) 254 



Ctenodactylus gundi vali Thomas 259 



Literature cited 260 



Plates 265 



