Taterillus gracilis
(O. Thomas, 1892)
Gracile 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. 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/19268285Original name as described
Gerbillus gracilis
Other common names
Slender Gerbil · Slender Tateril
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1885.2.2.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c0f09d2-f043-45ea-a954-93ebbcf15f5aType locality
"Gambia."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Gambia · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Chad · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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