Gerbillus hesperinus

Cabrera, 1906

Moroccan 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

Cabrera, Á. 1906-07. Mamíferos de Mogador. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 6(6):357-368.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726952

Original name as described

Gerbillus hirtipes hesperinus

Other common names

Western Gerbil

Type material

MNCN 1681

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mogador (= Essaouira), Morocco.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002925

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 hesperinus

Cabrera, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

hesperinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1681

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

365

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726952

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Gerbillus hesperinus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

hesperinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

414, 415

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:414, 415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9128/90823992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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