Scarturus aulacotis

(J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Syrian Five-toed Jerboa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1840. Beschreibung einiger neuer Nager, welche auf der Reise des Herrn Hofraths v. Schubert gesammelt wurden, mit Bezugnahme auf einige andere verwandte Formen. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 3:173-218.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11357257

Original name as described

Dipus aulacotis

Type locality

"West coast of Arabia" (probably NE of Aqaba in present-day Jordan).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Syria · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Iraq?

Taxonomy notes

split from Allactaga major but includes populations previously attributed to S. euphraticus, moved from Allactaga to Scarturus

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249. · Wilson, D. E., Mittermeier, R. A. and Lacher, T. E. (2017) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7: Rodents II. Lynx Edicions. · Bannikova, A., Lebedev, V., Dubrovskaya, A., Solovyeva, E., Moskalenko, V., Kryštufek, B., ... & Shenbrot, G. (2019). Genetic evidence for several cryptic species within the Scarturus elater species complex (Rodentia: Dipodoidea): when cryptic species are really cryptic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(1), 16-39. · Lebedev, V. S., Shenbrot, G. I., Krystufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Melnikova, M. N., Solovyeva, E. N., ... & Bannikova, A. A. (2022). Phylogenetic relations and range history of jerboas of the Allactaginae subfamily (Dipodidae, Rodentia). Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-15.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001968

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.

Dipus aulacotis

(J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aulacotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11357257

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1840:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11357257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69196)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga alaucotis

(J. F. von Brandt, 1844)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

alaucotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978085

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Brandt (1844:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)

Alactaga aulacotis

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aulacotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Scirtetes aulacotis

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aulacotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476808

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1867:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  2. Heuglin (1877:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Scarturus aulacotis

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

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aulacotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Allactaga aulacotis

(Mammal Diversity Database, 2018)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aulacotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

unnumbered

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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