Ctenodactylus vali

O. Thomas, 1902

Desert Gundi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Ctenodactylomorphi
Family : Ctenodactylidae
Genus : Ctenodactylus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1902-10. On the mammals collected during the Whitaker Expedition to Tripoli. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902-II(1):2-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543022

Original name as described

Ctenodactylus vali

Other common names

Sahara Gundi · Thomas's Gundi

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Wadi Bey, just northwest of Bonjem" (= c.330 km south-east of Tripoli, Libya).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Libya

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001185

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ctenodactylus vali

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

vali

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543022

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5793/115518270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenodactylus joleaudi

Heim de Balsac, 1936

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

joleaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Bulletin Biologique de France et de Belgique

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)

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