Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Gerbillus tarabuli Thomas, 1902 . Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1902:5 . TYPE LOCALITY: Libya , Sebha . DISTRIBUTION: Libya . SYNONYMS: hamadensis. COMMENTS: Usually listed as a synonym of G. pyramidutn, G. tarabuli can be distinguished by morphological traits (Lay et al., 1975). Future inquiry, according to Lay (1983:347) "should examine the possibility that the 2N = 40...forms reported from Tunisia , Algeria , Morocco and Senegal ...are conspecific and may be referable to G. tarabuli ."