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 Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919 Gerbillus (Gerbillus) cheesmani Thomas 1919 , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26: 748 . Type Locality: Iraq , Lower Euphrates, near Basra . Vernacular Names: Cheesman's Gerbil . Synonyms: Gerbillus (Gerbillus) arduus Cheesman and Hinton 1924 ; Gerbillus (Gerbillus) maritimus Sanborn and Hoogstraal 1953 . Distribution: SW Iran , C and S Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Oman , North Yemen , South Yemen , and Kuwait (see Al-Jumaily, 1998 ; Harrison and Bates, 1991 ; Lay and Nadler, 1975 ), and S Jordan ( Qumsiyeh, 1996 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus . Reviewed by Lay and Nadler (1975) , Lay (1983) , Harrison and Bates (1991) , and Pavlinov et al. (1990) . Chromosomal polymorphism among samples from Kuwait was reported by Badr and Asker (1980) . Detailed comparisons between Qatarian G. cheesmani and G. nanus in cranial morphology discussed by Madkour (1984) .