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 mauritaniae (Heim de Balsac, 1943) . Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:287 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mauritania , Aouker Region, S of Archane Titarek . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. COMMENTS: Type species of Monodia , but according to Lay (1983) the diagnostic traits do not warrant generic distinction.