Gerbillus floweri

O. Thomas, 1919

Flower's Gerbil

Formerly Gerbillus perpallidus.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Zoological GardenDate taken:Sep 3, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4873

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. 1919-06-01. Two new gerbils from Sinai. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)3(18):559-560.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688512

Original name as described

Gerbillus floweri

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79496c11-bfe3-4476-9be8-e581ac208317

Type locality

"Wadi Hareidin, extreme northern Sinai, a few miles south of Al Arish, about 31° N., 34° E., " Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Israel · Palestine

Taxonomy notes

includes perpallidus

Taxonomy notes citation

Granjon, L., Ndiaye, A., Tatard, C. and Stanley, W. 2016. Taxonomic hypotheses regarding the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Muridae, Gerbillinae) based on molecular analyses of museum specimens. ZooKeys 566:145-155. doi:10.3897/zookeys.566.7317

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002918

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Gerbillus floweri

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79496c11-bfe3-4476-9be8-e581ac208317

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688512

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Flower (1932:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9121/22463793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus perpallidus

Setzer, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

perpallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:79769

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=dfb09e76-9c10-4dae-91a9-3fddd58592ed

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

  1. Osborn & Helmy (1980:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9140/22462792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus pyramidum floweri

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747342

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

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