Gerbillus stigmonyx

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Khartoum 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

Heuglin, T. von. 1877. Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habab nebst zoologischen Skizzen und einem Führer für Jagdreisende. Zweiter Band. George Westermann, Braunschweig, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876449

Original name as described

Meriones stigmonyx

Other common names

Khartoum Dipodil

Type locality

Khartoum, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan

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/1002948

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 stigmonyx luteolus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Muridae

Root name

luteolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.8.27

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980331

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dipodillus stigmonyx

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stigmonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Gerbillus stigmonyx

D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Muridae

Root name

stigmonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Happold (2013:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9151/22462503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Meriones stigmonyx

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stigmonyx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876449

Authority publication

Braunschweig

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