Meriones sacramenti

O. Thomas, 1922

Buxton's 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 : Pallasiomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1922-10-31. A new jird (Meriones) from southern Palestine. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)10(59):552-553.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253458

Original name as described

Meriones sacramenti

Other common names

Negev Jird

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.10.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5fe265d3-f736-45df-bb3f-acac7b679f00

Type locality

"Southern Palestine [= Israel]. 10 miles [= 16 km] south of Beer-sheba."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Israel · Palestine

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002965

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 sacramenti

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

sacramenti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.10.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5fe265d3-f736-45df-bb3f-acac7b679f00

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253458

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:425) (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 #13168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13168/137369103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Meriones erythrourus legeri

Aharoni, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

legeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 37189

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45378676

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

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