Gerbillus lowei

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Lowe'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

Thomas, O. and Hinton, M.A.C. 1923-07-06. On the mammals obtained in Darfur by the Lynes-Lowe Expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(2):247-271.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551149

Original name as described

Dipodillus lowei

Other common names

Lowe's Dipodil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.212

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ddec4a5-54bd-4824-b007-05ee789ce20c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ff703d6-2b0d-4f04-bc88-9e5d3dd8573b

Type locality

Jebel Mara, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan

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/1002929

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 lowei

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.212

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ddec4a5-54bd-4824-b007-05ee789ce20c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ff703d6-2b0d-4f04-bc88-9e5d3dd8573b

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551149

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Gerbillus lowei

D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Muridae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Happold (2013:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9133/22463471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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