Gerbilliscus guineae

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Guinean 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1910-04-01. Three new West African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(28):351-354.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094782

Original name as described

Tatera guineae

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Gunnal, Guinea-Bissau.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Liberia? · Mali · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002991

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 guineae

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

guineae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094782

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Taterona guineae picta

(Hayman, 1936)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

930

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Gerbilliscus guineae

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

guineae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21512/22426756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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