Gerbillus poecilops

Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895

Large Aden 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 : Hendecapleura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Yerbury, J.W. and Thomas, O. 1895-10. On the mammals of Aden. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895(3):542-555.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983548

Original name as described

Gerbillus (Dipodillus) poecilops

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.6.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0d41363c-7c0d-4460-a57c-24030ca89cc3

Type locality

Lahej, Aden, Yemen.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002939

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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 (Dipodillus) poecilops

Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

poecilops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.6.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0d41363c-7c0d-4460-a57c-24030ca89cc3

Authority page

549

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983548

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9141/22462831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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