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 mesopotamiae Harrison, 1956 . J. Mammal, 37:417 . TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq , SW of Faluja, W bank of Euphrates River, near Amiriya . DISTRIBUTION: Iraq and SW Iran in valleys of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun Rivers (see Lay and Nadler, 1975 ). COMMENTS: A distinctive species defined and reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975) and Harrison and Bates (1991) .