Gerbillus henleyi

(de Winton, 1903)

Pygmy 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

de Winton, W.E. 1903. List of mammals obtained by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild and the Hon. Francis R. Henley in the Natron Valley, Egypt. Novitates Zoologicae 10:279-285.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771370

Original name as described

Dipodillus henleyi

Other common names

Henley's Gerbil · Henley's Pygmy Gerbil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4aa85d2a-2601-42fa-abef-e220097fc123

Type locality

Zaghig, Wadi Natrun, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Mauritania · Burkina Faso · Mali · Niger · Chad · Sudan · Djibouti · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · Qatar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002924

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.

Dipodillus henleyi

(de Winton, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4aa85d2a-2601-42fa-abef-e220097fc123

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771370

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Dipodillus mariæ

(Bonhote, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.1.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ef9ae9a-482b-4cda-89cd-cf405888c364

Authority page

792

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31210323

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Dipodillus jordani

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

jordani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.6.12.100

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1fef3a6a-022f-443f-b437-b6468d99efe1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d87deb5-3b6d-4ede-bf91-b276d4a3a5d3

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630769

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Gerbillus henleyi makrami

Setzer, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

makrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:82348

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0a7f07cd-75c1-44d9-90ca-3be82c8c4a43

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

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

Gerbillus henleyi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

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 (2013:310) (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 #9127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9127/115090818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus henleyi henleyi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

629

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbillus henleyi mariae

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

629

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbillus henleyi mackrami

D. M. Lay, 1983

Family

Muridae

Root name

mackrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45512299

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

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