Salpingotus michaelis

FitzGibbon, 1966

Balochistan Pygmy Jerboa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

FitzGibbon, J. 1966. On a new species of Salpingotus (Dipodidae, Rodentia) from north-western Baluchistan. Mammalia 30(3):431-440.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1966.30.3.431

Original name as described

Salpingotus michaelis

Other common names

Dwarf Three-toed Jerboa

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1965.4167

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/499f843c-9483-490d-8791-6da8405f1664

Type locality

"Desert plateau of Nushki, north-western Baluchistan, approximately 29° N, 66° E, 3,500 feet [1067 m]," Pakistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Salpingotulus to Salpingotus

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001980

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.

Salpingotus michaelis

FitzGibbon, 1966

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

michaelis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1965.4167

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/499f843c-9483-490d-8791-6da8405f1664

Authority page

431

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Holden (1993:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Salpingotulus michaelis

(Holden & Musser, 2005)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

michaelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19866/22199469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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