Pygeretmus platyurus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1823)

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. 1823. Naturhistorischer Anhang. Pp. 113–150 in Eversmann, E. (eds.). Reise von Orenburg nach Buchara. E. H. G. Christiani, Berlin, 150 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405162

Original name as described

Dipus platurus

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kuvan-Darya River, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001965

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.

Pygerethmus vinogradovi

(Vorontsov, 1958)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

vinogradovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 38590

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

Dipus platurus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1823)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405162

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lichtenstein (1823:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  2. Lesson (1827:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Holden & Musser (2005:879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga platyurus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

platyurus

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)

Platycercomys platyurus

(J. F. von Brandt, 1844)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978086

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Brandt (1844:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)

Pygeretmus platyurus

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002098

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1895:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15474)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18942/115145653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pygeretmus vinogradovi

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

vinogradovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

568

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Dipus platyurus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1828)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29666379

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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