Gerbillus jamesi

D. L. Harrison, 1967

James's 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 : Dipodillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Harrison, D.L. 1967. Observations on some rodents from Tunisia, with the description of a new gerbil (Gerbillinae: Rodentia). Mammalia 31(3):381-389.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1967.31.3.381

Original name as described

Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) jamesi

Other common names

James's Dipodil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ab19789-b8c7-4495-b957-49f588a67c57

Type locality

between Bou Ficha and Enfidaville, Tunisia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Tunisia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dipodillus to Gerbillus

Taxonomy notes citation

Abiadh, A., Chetoui, M. B., Lamine-Cheniti, T., Capanna, E., & Colangelo, P. (2010). Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(2), 513-518.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002927

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 (Hendecapleura) jamesi

D. L. Harrison, 1967

Family

Muridae

Root name

jamesi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ab19789-b8c7-4495-b957-49f588a67c57

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9130/102828865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipodillus jamesi

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

jamesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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