Taterillus arenarius

C. B. Robbins, 1974

Robbins's Tateril

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Robbins, C.B. 1974-12-31. Comments on the taxonomy of the West African Taterillus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 87:395-404.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34673106

Original name as described

Taterillus arenarius

Other common names

Sahel Gerbil · Sand Tateril

Type material

USNM:MAMM:401919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3111c9f91-ee95-4fd4-8c75-d1344d8b3a7b

Type locality

Tiguent, Trarza Region, Mauritania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Mali? · Niger?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002977

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.

Taterillus arenarius

C. B. Robbins, 1974

Family

Muridae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:401919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3111c9f91-ee95-4fd4-8c75-d1344d8b3a7b

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34673106

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21521/115162459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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