Gerbilliscus kempii
(Wroughton, 1906)
Kemp'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
Authority citation
Wroughton, R.C. 1906-04-01. On some mammals collected by Mr. Robin Kemp in S. Nigeria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(100):375-379.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472426Original name as described
Tatera Kempii
Other common names
Northern Savanna Gerbil
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.1.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab4a0847-6b50-432a-a73a-a2bf270d6e6aType locality
Aguleri, Nigeria.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Niger · Benin
Taxonomy notes
previously included G. gambianus and G. giffardi; spelt with with two 'i's rather than one to match original description; 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
Colangelo, P., Granjon, L., Taylor, P. J., & Corti, M. (2007). Evolutionary systematics in African gerbilline rodents of the genus Gerbilliscus: inference from mitochondrial genes. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 42(3), 797-806. · 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
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