Gerbillus gerbillus

(Olivier, 1800)

Lesser Egyptian 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

Olivier. 1800-07. Observations sur les Gerboises. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805) 2(40):121.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5504409

Original name as described

Dipus gerbillus

Other common names

Lesser Gerbil · Small Egyptian Gerbil

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Giza Province, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Algeria · Tunisia · Mali · Niger · Chad · Libya · Sudan · Eritrea? · Egypt · Israel · Palestine? · Jordan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002920

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 hirtipes

Lataste, 1882

Family

Muridae

Root name

hirtipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1594, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1595

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a726765-321f-493c-b0dd-5dba89635645 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d6e78377-9024-4fea-96c9-63a07bd9d328

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927173

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

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

Gerbillus gerbillus asyutensis

Setzer, 1960

Family

Muridae

Root name

asyutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:87672

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=1d7f80dd-7034-48fa-96a7-c540a301b74b

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

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

Dipus gerbillus

(Olivier, 1800)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gerbillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5504409

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Gerbillus foleyi

Heim de Balsac, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

foleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1958-268

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317, 389

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

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

Gerbillus gerbillus discolor

Ranck, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:322461

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0e80e5e-f7f0-473b-bf14-f45fac21dd1e

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853620

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Gerbillus gerbillus psammophilous

Ranck, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

psammophilous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:325078

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320fca7f4-1893-471e-aad1-17025deb6f63

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853626

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Gerbillus gerbillus aeruginosus

Ranck, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

aeruginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:325146

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36afff75c-e52e-4515-b94b-317d019ad90f

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853617

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Meriones Gerbillus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gerbillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77, pl. 30b

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140699

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Gerbillus gerbillus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

gerbillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

164

Authority publication

London

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 (2013:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9123/115090506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

gerbillus ægyptius

A. G. Desmarest, 1804

Family

Muridae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784625

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones longicaudus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697234

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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