Massoutiera mzabi

(Lataste, 1881)

Mzab Gundi

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1881. Sur un rongeur nouveau du Sahara algérien (_Ctenodactylus mzabi_ n. sp.). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 6:214-225.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11089290

Original name as described

Ctenodactylus mzabi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1311

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53a60f63-251c-45dd-8cc0-e42642729f4b

Type locality

"Sahara algérien : Gardaia (Mzab)" (= Ghardaïa, c.480 km south of Algiers, Algeria).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Mali · Niger · Chad · Libya?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001187

Country distribution map

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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.

Massoutiera harterti

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

harterti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.14.57

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15842416

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

Ctenodactylus mzabi

(Lataste, 1881)

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

mzabi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1311

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53a60f63-251c-45dd-8cc0-e42642729f4b

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11089290

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Massoutiera rothschildi

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.136

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152466

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

Massoutiera mzabi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

mzabi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

196

Authority publication

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 (2006:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12855/22191765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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