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The following list is based on the entry in Walker's Mammal's of the World (Ronald M Novak, 5th edition 1991) and was summarised for me by I have added one or two other species which appear to be recognised by other major sources.

Several of these species are endangered, usually due to habitat loss, or due to small isolated populations. Note that Walker's the source for this page recognises fewer species than the IUCN so some of the names will not match up exactly. 

For example VU A1c means -

Vulnerable - A) Population reduction in the form of the following -  1) An observed, estimated, inferred or suspected reduction of at least 80% over the last 10 years or three generations, whichever is the longer, based on (and specifying) the following - c) a decline in area of occupancy, extent of occurrence and/or quality of habitat.

Information on classification above species level, and palaeontological information comes from Classification of Mammals - above species level, (Malcolm C McKenna, and Susan K Bell, 1997.)

I would also like to thank all those who have provided English common names for the species especially who always seems to come up with more!.

Classification of Gerbillinae with age of finds and distribution

(§ indicates extinct taxon)

Geological Key:

Miocene = 23.5 - 5.2 Million Years Ago

Pliocene = 5.2 - 1.64 Million Years Ago

Pleistocene = 1.64 Million Years - 10,000 Years Ago

Recent = 10,000 Years Ago to Present

NB. The periods indicated are those for which remains have been found. This does not mean that that genus did not exist either before or after that time.

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