Gerbillus mauritaniae

(Heim de Balsac, 1943)

Mauritanian 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 : incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heim de Balsac, H. 1943. Mission Th. Monod. — Genre nouveau de rongeur (Gerbillinae) de Mauritanie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (2)15(5):287-288.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52906639

Original name as described

Monodia mauritaniae

Type material

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

south of Archane Titarek, Aouker Region, Mauritania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002932

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.

Monodia mauritaniae

(Heim de Balsac, 1943)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mauritaniae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52906639

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Gerbillus mauritaniae

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

mauritaniae

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 (1982:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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