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 perpallidus Setzer, 1958 . J. Egypt Pubi. Health Assoc., 33:221 . TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt , Bir Victoria . DISTRIBUTION: N Egypt , W of the Nile River. COMMENTS: See Lay (1983) for a review of this distinctive species.