Gerbillus rupicola
Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev, & Sicard, 2002
Rupicolous 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
Authority citation
Granjon, L., Aniskin, V.M., Volobouev, V. and Sicard, B. 2002-02. Sand-dwellers in rocky habitats: a new species of Gerbillus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Mali. Journal of Zoology, London 256(2):181-190.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836902000213Original name as described
Gerbillus rupicola
Other common names
Rock Gerbil · Rupicolous Dipodil
Type material
MNHN CG 1999.184
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Emnal'here, Mali.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Mali
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
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