Gerbillus maghrebi

(Schlitter & Setzer, 1972)

Greater Short-tailed 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

Schlitter, D.A. and Setzer, H.W. 1972-02-29. A new species of short-tailed gerbil (Dipodillus) from Morocco (Mammalia: Cricetidae: Gerbillinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(45):385-392.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563465

Original name as described

Dipodillus maghrebi

Other common names

Maghreb Gerbil · Maghreb Dipodil

Type material

USNM:MAMM:472714

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3176bdea5-cb16-4743-9ce4-3464e8d83f3c

Type locality

15 km WSW Taounate, Fes Province, Morocco.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002931

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 maghrebi

(Schlitter & Setzer, 1972)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maghrebi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:472714

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3176bdea5-cb16-4743-9ce4-3464e8d83f3c

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563465

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus maghrebi

D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Muridae

Root name

maghrebi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Happold (2013:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9097/22465795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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