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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/3267968

Original 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-d9d2305aeae8

Type 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. Pp. 295–297 in Happold, D.C.D. (eds.). Mammals of Africa. Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 789 pp. a#72080 · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Denys, C. and Cotterill, F.P.D. 2015. Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1092 pp. doi:10.1515/9783110301915 · Wilson, D.E., Mittermeier, R.A. and Lacher, T.E., Jr. 2017. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7. Rodents II. Lynx, Barcelona, 1008 pp. a#57900

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002952

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 (Dipodillus) watersi

de Winton, 1901

Family

Muridae

Root name

watersi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.5.54

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6695ed2f-979a-4f07-86a4-d9d2305aeae8

Authority page

399

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267968

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Setzer (1956:486, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:417, 418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Musser & Carleton (1993:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Happold (2013:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9155/22462011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipodillus juliani

(St. Leger, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

juliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.9.14.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e7d6a4ea-38f4-491b-99a2-66dfeb69d01e

Authority page

669

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dipodillus watersi

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Muridae

Root name

watersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782219

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Gerbillus juliani

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Muridae

Root name

juliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

552

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Happold (2013:313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9131/22463318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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