Taterillus congicus

O. Thomas, 1915

Congo 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

Thomas, O. 1915-08-01. New African rodents and insectivores, mostly collected by Dr. C. Christy for the Congo Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16(92):146-152.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244

Original name as described

Taterillus congicus

Other common names

Congo Gerbil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.81

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cc5149a-2f1c-45d3-b735-b9e3ec62c874

Type locality

"Poko," Upper Uele River, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan? · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002978

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 congicus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

congicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.81

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cc5149a-2f1c-45d3-b735-b9e3ec62c874

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (2006:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21522/22417269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taterillus clivosus

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

clivosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.127

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c0d98c2-d76d-4ef0-ba07-0b78c697ab4a

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551146

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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