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 Sekeetamys calurus (Thomas 1892) [Gerbillus] calurus Thomas 1892 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9: 76 . Type Locality: Egypt , Sinai , near Tor. Vernacular Names: Bushy-tailed Jird . Synonyms: Sekeetamys makrami Setzer 1961 . Distribution: Restricted to rocky and cliff habitat from E Egypt (east side of the Nile) through Sinai , SE Israel and SW Jordan into C Saudi Arabia ( Harrison and Bates, 1991 ; Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov, 1999 ; Osborn and Helmy, 1980 ; Qumsiyeh, 1996 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Although researchers now agree that calurus merits generic separation, in the past it has been regarded as a species of Gerbillus , Dipodillus , or Meriones (see references in Corbet, 1978 c , and Osborn and Helmy, 1880). Morphology, taxonomy, and ecology summarized by Osborn and Helmy (1980) for Egyptian population, Qumsiyeh (1996) for populations in Israel and Jordan , and Harrison and Bates (1991) for Arabian Peninsula. Distribution on Sinai Peninsula recorded by Saleh and Basuony (1998) . Chromosomal data summarized by Qumsiyeh and Schlitter (1991) . Reviewed in detail by Pavlinov et al. (1990) .