Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Gerbillurus (Paratatera) tytonis Bauer and Niethammer 1959 Gerbillurus (Paratatera) tytonis Bauer and Niethammer 1959 , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 10 (1959): 255 . Type Locality: Namibia , Namib Desert, Sossusvlei. Vernacular Names: Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil . Distribution: Namibia (Sossusvlei, Sandwich Harbour and Bobabeb, Namib Desert, and Farm Canaan near diamond region of Namibia ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Paratatera . Taxonomic history summarized by Meester et al. (1986) ; distribution and habitat reviewed by Griffin (1990) , Perrin (1997 b ) , and Skinner and Smithers (1990) .