Gerbillus occiduus

D. M. Lay, 1975

Occidental 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

Lay, D.M. 1975-10-23. Notes on rodents of the genus Gerbillus (Mammalia: Muridae: Gerbillinae) from Morocco. Fieldiana Zoology 65(8):89-101.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3769637

Original name as described

Gerbillus occiduus

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:114648

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=8bf8086e-d94a-47e2-9281-e4d8d9d38f83

Type locality

60 km WSW Goulimine, Aoreora, Morocco.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002938

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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 occiduus

D. M. Lay, 1975

Family

Muridae

Root name

occiduus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:114648

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=8bf8086e-d94a-47e2-9281-e4d8d9d38f83

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3769637

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9138/101208498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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