Gerbillus pulvinatus Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 537.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Lake Rudolf, Rusia.

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

COMMENT: Includes bilensis; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:8; also see Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 8: 25, who included bilensis and pulvinatus in pyramidum; but see Benazzou and Genest-Villard, 1980, Mammalia, 44:412. DML regards bilensis as a distinct species pending revision.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091031001 as G. pulvinatus.

5301410008091004001 as G. bilensis.