Gerbillus garamantis

Lataste, 1881

Algerian 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 : Hendecapleura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1881. Mammifères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 3(64):506-508.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928922

Original name as described

Gerbillus garamantis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1596, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/760bf43a-c848-444f-9911-8b2cf202cf0d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fad27fe3-a5b0-4b09-a68c-09a161d10a4c

Type locality

Sidi Roueld, Ouargla, Algeria.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Algeria

Taxonomy notes

has been included under G. nanus by some authors, but is tentatively retained here following HMW7; it may be a synonym of G. garamantis

Taxonomy notes citation

Granjon, L. 2013. GENUS Gerbillus Gerbils. In: M. Happold and D.C.D. Happold (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, pp. 293-297. Bloomsbury, New York. · Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002919

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 garamantis

Lataste, 1881

Family

Muridae

Root name

garamantis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1596, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/760bf43a-c848-444f-9911-8b2cf202cf0d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fad27fe3-a5b0-4b09-a68c-09a161d10a4c

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928922

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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