Alternative spellings: Gerbillidae, Gerbillina
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344
Parent taxon: Muridae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also de Bruijn et al. 1970, Geraads 1980 and Gray 1825
Sister taxa: Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Mastacomys, Mastomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Epimeriones Gerbillurus Gerbillus Meriones Pseudomeriones Tatera
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (7 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ethiopia (3), Georgia (1), Greece (1), Israel (8), Italy (1), Kenya (3), Morocco (7), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (7), Sudan (2), Syria (1), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (6), Tunisia (1), Zambia (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Afghanistan (1), Armenia (1), China (2), Ethiopia (5), India (2), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (3), Morocco (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tanzania (3), Turkey (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Greece (2), Morocco (1)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Austria (2), Greece (9), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 106 collections including 142 occurrences