Gerbillus watersi
de Winton, 1901
Waters's 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
Authority citation
de Winton, W.E. 1901. List of mammals collected by N. C. Rothschild and A. F. R. Wollaston on the Upper Nile. Novitates Zoologicae 8:397-401.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267968Original name as described
Gerbillus (Dipodillus) watersi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.5.54
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6695ed2f-979a-4f07-86a4-d9d2305aeae8Type locality
Shendi, Upper Nile, Sudan.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Sudan · Djibouti · Somalia
Taxonomy notes
tentatively includes juliani, although some authors have listed the species as distinct; the taxonomy followed here follows the Rodents of Sub-Saharan African and HMW7
Taxonomy notes citation
Granjon, L. 2013. GENUS Gerbillus Gerbils. 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. · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of sub-Saharan Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. · Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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