Gerbillus bottai

Lataste, 1882

Botta's Gerbil

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Gerbillini
Genus : Gerbillus
Subgenus : Dipodillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1882. Mammifères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 4(5):36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927188

Original name as described

Gerbillus Bottai

Other common names

Botta's Dipodil

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Senaar, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dipodillus to Gerbillus

Taxonomy notes citation

Abiadh, A., Chetoui, M. B., Lamine-Cheniti, T., Capanna, E., & Colangelo, P. (2010). Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(2), 513-518.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002911

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.

Gerbillus Bottai

Lataste, 1882

Family

Muridae

Root name

bottai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927188

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Happold (2013:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9109/22465062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipodillus bottai

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bottai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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