Gerbillus simoni

Lataste, 1881

Lesser 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

Lataste, F. 1881. Mammifères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 3(63):497-500.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928914

Original name as described

Gerbillus simoni

Other common names

Simon's Dipodil · Simon's Gerbil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2347, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2426

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9fc8c2b-28eb-468d-8f24-c7ce9e0cc849 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5d57b79-c967-4a2e-9e8d-3048ca4fea5a

Type locality

Oued Magra, Algeria.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt

Taxonomy notes

tentatively includes zakariai; 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. · Granjon, L. 2013. Genus Gerbillus. In: M. Happold and D.C.D. Happold (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, pp. 293-297. Bloomsbury, New York.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002946

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.

Gerbillus simoni

Lataste, 1881

Family

Muridae

Root name

simoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2347, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2426

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9fc8c2b-28eb-468d-8f24-c7ce9e0cc849 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5d57b79-c967-4a2e-9e8d-3048ca4fea5a

Authority page

499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928914

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

  1. Happold (2013:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9149/115518404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus kaiseri

Setzer, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

kaiseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:78631

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e6d19479-5ee8-442d-b7ac-f9d88b3638cd

Authority page

214

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dipodillus zakariai

(Cockrum, T. C. Vaughan, & P. J. Vaughan, 1976)

Family

Muridae

Root name

zakariai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:498997

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307679a21-6151-4396-9749-b905162c18aa

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:409, 410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dipodillus kaiseri

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kaiseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Dipodillus simoni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

simoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority publication

London

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)

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