Gerbillus dunni

O. Thomas, 1904

Dunn'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 : Gerbillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-08-01. On a collection of mammals obtained in Somaliland by Major H. N. Dunn, R.A.M.C., with descriptions of allied species from other localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(80):94-105.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733828

Original name as described

Gerbillus Dunni

Other common names

Bilen Gerbil · Somalia Gerbil

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gerlogobi," Somaliland (= Somalia). Corrected by D. C. D. Happold in 2013 to East Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002916

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 Dunni

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733828

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9119/115090368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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