Scarturus hotsoni

(O. Thomas, 1920)

Hotson's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-01-31. Some new mammals from Baluchistan and North-West India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 26(4):933-938.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050597

Original name as described

Allactaga hotsoni

Other common names

Hotson's Jerboa

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.8.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c707178-dfde-42b3-8315-3a6c952ec6ac

Type locality

"Kant, 20 miles [32 km] S. W. of Sib. Alt. 3,950' [1204 km]," Balochistan, Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

includes firouzi; moved from Allactaga to Scarturus

Taxonomy notes citation

Dianat, M., Aliabadian, M., Darvish, J., & Akbarirad, S. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of the Iranian Plateau five-toed jerboa, Allactaga (Dipodidea: Rodentia), inferred from mtDNA. Mammalia, 77(1), 95-103. · 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

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001971

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.

Allactaga hotsoni

(O. Thomas, 1920)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

hotsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.8.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c707178-dfde-42b3-8315-3a6c952ec6ac

Authority page

936

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050597

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:565, 566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Shenbrot (1984:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68870)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Holden (1993:489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
  6. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/856/115052791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Allactaga firouzi

(Womochel, 1978)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

firouzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:112348

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3dbf1214-ad2e-40b0-b332-46a3b9e2b697

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2835618

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Shenbrot (1984:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68870)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Holden (1993:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
  6. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/855/22202302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scarturus hotsoni firouzi

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

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

firouzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Scarturus hotsoni

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

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

hotsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Scarturus hotsoni hotsoni

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

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

hotsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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