Scarturus williamsi

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Williams's 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. 1897-08-31. On two new rodents from Van, Kurdistan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(117):308-310.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415289

Original name as described

Allactaga Williamsi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.4.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b5d94d4-9982-4195-9cf8-f4afe3428c29

Type locality

"Van, alt. 5000 ft. [1524 m]," Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Armenia · Georgia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Lebanon

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. caprimulga; 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. · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001975

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 Williamsi

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

williamsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.4.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b5d94d4-9982-4195-9cf8-f4afe3428c29

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415289

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Alactaga Williamsi laticeps

(Nehring, 1903)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

laticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660893

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Nehring (1903:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68562)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactaga Williamsi

(Nehring, 1903)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

williamsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660893

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Nehring (1903:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68562)
  2. Satunin (1906:194, 345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456400, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69040)
  3. Satunin (1908:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44143)
  4. Shidlovskiy (1962:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)

Alactaga williamsi schmidti

(Satunin, 1908)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

schmidti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GNMT 123.a through GNMT 123.g

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

251, 273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58560293 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58560315

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

  1. Satunin (1908:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44143)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Allactaga williamsi dzhafarovi

(Gromov, 1952)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

dzhafarovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 21891-3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Baku

Scarturus williamsi

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

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

williamsi

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 (2018:ID #400000024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136326/115205783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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