Gerbilliscus giffardi

(Wroughton, 1906)

Giffard's Gerbil

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Taterini
Genus : Gerbilliscus
Subgenus : Taterona

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1906-05-01. Notes on the genus Tatera, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(101):474-499.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472542

Original name as described

Tatera Giffardi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.6.15.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68b8271c-1724-46f6-8c0d-16c63481372d

Type locality

Gambaga, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia? · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from G. kempii; in recent literature, the distributional extent and nominal name listings of G. giffardi and G. kempii appear to have been switched since Granjon et al., 2012; here, we follow the distributional suggestions made by Granjon et al., 2012, which corresponds with karyotype diversity

Taxonomy notes citation

Granjon, L., Colangelo, P., Tatard, C., Colyn, M., Dobigny, G., & Nicolas, V. (2012). Intrageneric relationships within Gerbilliscus (Rodentia, Muridae, Gerbillinae), with characterization of an additional West African species. Zootaxa, 3325(1), 1-25.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002990

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.

Tatera Giffardi

(Wroughton, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

giffardi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.6.15.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68b8271c-1724-46f6-8c0d-16c63481372d

Authority page

489

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472542

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera nigrita

(Wroughton, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigrita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.1.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2390574-49fa-4a65-95d2-e115f8a76309

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472544

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera dundasi

(Wroughton, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dundasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.59

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6dd1bada-bedd-4837-8efa-6654a2c7fb7c

Authority page

539

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097920

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera smithi

(Wroughton, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

smithi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.10.1.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ac04e99e-a71d-4dd0-a76d-725837e85618

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071618

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera ruwenzorii

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruwenzorii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d222317c-57fb-4495-85fe-0bc060e5ac05 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d919440f-146b-42ab-9612-ca4cf67ab8e9

Authority page

500

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647716

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera flavipes

(G. M. Allen, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

flavipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:14491

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:14491

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30516592

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:492, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera soror

(G. M. Allen, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

soror

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:14492

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:14492

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30516594

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:494, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera dichrura

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dichrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.77

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b2a8e53d-c7ac-49a9-9115-88a2a7690b0d

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera smithii

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Muridae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)

Taterona benvenuta

(Hinton & P. S. Kershaw, 1920)

Family

Muridae

Root name

benvenutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.4.26.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4547b014-8b1f-4f00-a4a3-3e6cf8a5d79f

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15687372

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Taterona benvenuta lucia

(Hinton & P. S. Kershaw, 1920)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lucia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.9.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e831206f-8426-41d3-8670-9536464ffb51

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15687374

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera nigrita beniensis

(Hatt, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

beniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-82659

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-82659

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Tatera benvenuta

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Muridae

Root name

benvenutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489107

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Tatera benvenuta benvenuta

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Muridae

Root name

benvenutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489107

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Tatera negrita

(M. A. Lawrence, 1993)

Family

Muridae

Root name

negrita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Gerbilliscus giffardi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

giffardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

618

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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