Gerbillus somalicus

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Somalian 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

Thomas, O. 1910-02-01. Further new African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(26):191-202.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094618

Original name as described

Dipodillus somalicus

Other common names

Somalian Dipodil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.17.40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c053ce3b-e8ad-4ab3-acd4-4db8b8942eff

Type locality

Upper Sheikh, Somalia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Djibouti · Somalia

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002947

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.

Dipodillus somalicus

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.17.40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c053ce3b-e8ad-4ab3-acd4-4db8b8942eff

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094618

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1910:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10051)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus somalicus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Muridae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Happold (2013:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9150/22462412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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