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 Brachiones Thomas 1925 Brachiones Thomas 1925 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 16: 548 . Type Species: Gerbillus przewalskii Büchner 1889 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Brachiones przewalskii (Büchner 1889) Discussion: Tribe Gerbillini , Rhombomyina. More closely related to Meriones than to any other genera; "just a specialized relative of Meriones " (Pavlinov, 2001).