Meriones rex

Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895

King 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 : Parameriones

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Yerbury, J.W. and Thomas, O. 1895-10. On the mammals of Aden. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895(3):542-555.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983551

Original name as described

Meriones rex

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.1.30

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Lahej," near Aden, Yemen.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Yemen · Saudi Arabia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002964

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.

Meriones rex

Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

rex

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.1.30

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983551

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:424, 425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13167/115110407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Meriones Buryi

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Muridae

Root name

buryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339297

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera philbyi

(Morrison-Scott, 1939)

Family

Muridae

Root name

philbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34053425

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

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