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Battalion, Wheelus Air Force Base, Tripoli, who provided support 

 essential to the field work in Libya. 



Jaculus orientalis orientalis Erxleben 



Jaculus orientalis Erxleben, Syst. Regni Animalis, p. 404, 1777 (Egypt, in the 

 mountains separating Egypt from Arabia). 



General distribution of species. Egypt (including Sinai), 

 Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. 



Distribution in Libya. Coastal areas of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania 

 and inland to Augila (Gialo Oasis). 



Specimens examined. Twenty-five, from Cyrenaica: 12 km NW 

 Gubba, 1 ; 5 km NW Labrag, 1 ; 2 km W Tocra, 1 (skull only) ; 2 km N 

 Coefia, 2; 8 km N Benghazi, 1 ; Gheminez, 18 (1 skin only; 1 skeleton) ; 

 from Tripolitania: 20 km E Rumia, 1. 



Published records in Libya. Cyrenaica: Sidi Faradie (Thomas, 

 1902); Gheminez (Festa, 1921) Mechili (Festa, 1925); Agedabia, El 

 Agheila, Augila (de Beaux, 1932); Zauia Mechili (de Beaux, 1938); 

 Tripolitania: Tripoli (Klaptocz, 1909); Tripolitania (Toschi, 1951). 



Measurements. The averages and extremes of 14 adult males and 

 4 adult females from Gheminez, Cyrenaica Province, and the measure- 



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Jaculus orientalis orientalis 



Figure 51. — Distribution of Jaculus orientalis orientalis. 



