Meriones hurrianae

(Jerdon, 1867)

Indian Desert Jird

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Gerbillini
Genus : Meriones
Subgenus : Cheliones

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mamm. India, 186

Original name as described

Gerbillus hurrianae

Other common names

Indian Desert Gerbil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1867.2.4.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6384ea7f-815b-4793-b90b-ca925bdc298b

Type locality

Hurriana (= Haryana) district, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Pakistan · India · Afghanistan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002958

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 hurrianae

(Jerdon, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hurrianae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.2.4.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6384ea7f-815b-4793-b90b-ca925bdc298b

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Roorkee

Cheliones hurrianae collinus

(O. Thomas, 1919)

Family

Muridae

Root name

collinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.6.8.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8513f5d4-74cb-4259-be67-5fd3e21271c4

Authority page

726

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050361

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Meriones hurrianae

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

hurrianae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13163/115109827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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