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 (Gerbillurus) vallinus (Thomas 1918) [Gerbilliscus] vallinus Thomas 1918 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2: 148 . Type Locality: South Africa , Northern Cape Province , Bushmanland, Kenhart, Tuin (see Meester et al., 1986 ). Vernacular Names: Brush-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil . Synonyms: Gerbillurus (Gerbillurus) seeheimi Lundholm 1955 . Distribution: From South Africa ( Northern Cape Province ) northwest through Namibia towards Brukaros-Karas Mtns and C Namib Desert. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillurus . Taxonomy summarized by Meester et al. (1986) ; ecology and range reviewed by Griffin (1990) and Skinner and Smithers (1990) . Reviewed and mapped by Perrin (1997 d ) .