gundi

gundi Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
1968, Gary Laval Ranck, The Rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, Ecology and Zoogeographical Relationships, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tEJ7AnIExEoC&q=%22gundis%22&dq=%22gundis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JUvVUqWXHorQkwXwoIHIBg&ved=0CM8BEOgBMB0 page 258,

The fact that specimens were collected and observed only in the higher portions of the gebel near Rumia is a direct result of my efforts having been concentrated there and does not indicate that gundis are most abundant at higher elevations or that they do not occur at lower elevations.

Gundis occur over most of North Africa, including the western Sahara Desert and Sahel west of 15° east longitude, from Mauritania to Libya and Chad.

Small balls of soft fur scampering up vertical rock faces, trilling and chirping like flocks of birds: these are the gundis, a curious family of rock-dwelling rodents that are found only in northern Africa. Four species of gundi live in the Sahara, one in the Horn of Africa.