U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BULLETIN 275. PLATE 2 



5ush-covered coastal plain near Tocra, Cyrenaica. Gerbillus campestris is the dominant 

 rodent in this type of habitat, May 1962. 





Coastal plain near Benghazi, Cyrenaica, showing characteristic hillocks supporting dense 

 vegetative cover interspersed among bare, saline areas. The large Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus 

 orientalis) and the Libyan jird (Meriones libycus) occur in this type of habitat, May 1962. 



