Sekeetamys calurus
(O. Thomas, 1892)
Bushy-tailed 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 | : Sekeetamys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1892-01-01. Descriptions of three new gerbilles in the British Museum collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(49):76-79.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268284Original name as described
Gerbillus calurus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:22a
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12a132ac-2ed6-4afa-b8dd-c7d161d89339 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36f464e9-1d2c-4a9c-a1d0-e5e755c0288eType locality
near Tor, Sinai, Egypt.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Afrotropic
Country distribution
Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Syria · Jordan · Saudi Arabia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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