Allactaga major

(Kerr, 1792)

Great Jerboa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
Subfamily : Allactaginae
Genus : Allactaga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664298

Original name as described

Dipus sibiricus major

Type locality

Naurzum, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ukraine · Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included Scarturus aulacotis

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E., Mittermeier, R. A. and Lacher, T. E. (2017) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7: Rodents II. Lynx Edicions

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001959

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Allactaga jaculus bogatchevi

Argyropulo, 1939

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

bogatchevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 21886

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Priroda

Alactaga saliens hochlovi

V. E. Martino, 1922

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

hochlovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 35219

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Tzv. Syev. Obi. Stants. Zashch. Rast.

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus vexillarius

(Eversmann, 1840)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

vexillaria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 56549

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44036640

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga jaculus fuscus

Ognev, 1924

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-30760

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-30760

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Rostov on the Don

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga jaculus intermedius

Ognev, 1948

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-33051

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-33051

Authority page

151

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga decumanus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

decumanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Alactaga speculum

Lesson, 1842

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

speculum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Jaculus

J. F. von Brandt, 1844

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Brandt (1844:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)

Allactaga major

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/857/115052919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Allactaga major major

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Allactaga major spiculum

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

spiculum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus (Jaculus)

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494915

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus sibiricus major

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664298

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Dipus Alak-Daagha

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

alakdaagha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

v, 24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130066 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130109

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:v, 24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130066, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Dipus decumanus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1828)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

decumana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29666378

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus spiculum

(H. Lichtenstein, 1828)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

spiculum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29666378

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Jaculus Var. 2. Brachyotis

J. F. von Brandt, 1844

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978083

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Jaculus Var. 1. Macrotis Subvar. β. flavescens

J. F. von Brandt, 1844

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform · nomen_novum

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978083

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Jaculus Var. 1. Macrotis

J. F. von Brandt, 1844

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Jaculus Var. 1. Macrotis Subvar. α. nigricans

J. F. von Brandt, 1844

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform · nomen_novum

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Brandt (1844:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Allactaga saliens chachlovi

V. E. Martino, 1921

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

chachlovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Allactaga major djetysuensis

Shenbrot, 1993

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

djetysuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Name usages

  1. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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