Gerbilliscus nigricaudus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

Black-tailed 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1878. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt während seiner letzten ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878:194-201.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36096835

Original name as described

Gerbillus nigricaudus

Type locality

Ndi, Taïta, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002995

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 nigracauda percivali

(E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

percivali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:183945

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f2344b7b-1554-4c3e-ba7f-6d064bfff09a

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816784

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Tatera nigricauda nyama

(Dollman, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nyama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815242

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera nigricauda

(Dollman, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigricauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472369

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Gerbilliscus nigricaudus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigricaudus

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 (2013:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21517/22426315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbilliscus nigricaudus nigricaudus

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigricaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

618

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbilliscus nigricaudus nyama

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

nyama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

618

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbillus nigricaudus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigricaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36096835

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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