Taterillus petteri

Sicard, M. Tranier, & Gautun, 1988

Petter'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

Sicard, B., Tranier, M. and Gautun, J.-C. 1988-10-14. Un rongeur nouveau du Burkina Faso (ex Haute-Volta) : _Taterillus petteri_, sp. nov. (Rodentia, Gerbillidae). Mammalia 52(2):187-198.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1988.52.2.187

Original name as described

Taterillus petteri

Other common names

Petter's Gerbil

Type material

MNHN 1988-33

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Oursi pond, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002982

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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 petteri

Sicard, M. Tranier, & Gautun, 1988

Family

Muridae

Root name

petteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1988-33

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

188

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Happold (2013:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21527/22416609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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