Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) principulus Thomas and Hinton 1923

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1231

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scientific name	Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) principulus Thomas and Hinton 1923
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Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) principulus Thomas and Hinton 1923 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1923: 262.

Type Locality: Sudan, Jebel Meidob, El Malha.

Vernacular Names: Principal Gerbil.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Hendecapleura . This species has been associated with G. nanus or G. watersi , but Lay (1983) regarded it as valid pending systematic revision. See the discussion in Pavlinov et al. (1990).