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 ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896 . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia , p. 538 . TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia , Finik, near Webi Shebeli . DISTRIBUTION: E Ethiopia , Somalia and Kenya . COMMENTS: Another form that should be considered distinct until revisionary work demonstrates otherwise ( Lay, 1983 ).