Gerbilliscus paeba

(A. Smith, 1836)

Paeba Hairy-footed 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 : Progerbillurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=lcMNAAAAQAAJ

Original name as described

Gerbillus Paeba

Other common names

Pygmy Gerbil · Pygmy Hairy-footed Gerbil

Type locality

Vryberg, western Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Mozambique · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Gerbillurus to Gerbilliscus

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002996

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Gerbillus Paeba

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Muridae

Root name

paeba

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1942:52, 88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888969, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  2. Shortridge (1942:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  3. Roberts (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  4. Lundholm (1955:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)

Gerbillus tenuis

(A. Smith, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.28.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff6368a4-1615-4d0e-8778-7d5077b4743d

Authority page

pl. 36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577849

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:pl. 36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67650)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus paeba broomi

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

broomi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.9.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630773

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1942:52, 88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888969, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40889005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  2. Shortridge (1942:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  3. Roberts (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus calidus

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

calidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.10.1.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d074d2b8-fdb2-4bc3-b26e-45d766108bb6

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630772

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Gerbillus swalius oralis

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

oralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.95

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfffd67a-40b4-4b8e-89c1-336ca15dc6ce

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus swalius

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

swalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.88

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11a38d56-73ea-482a-9d84-44a1d48bac9e

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1929:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  2. Shortridge (1934:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  3. Hill & Carter (1941:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus swalius leucanthus

(O. Thomas, 1927)

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.114

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa7818bd-a0ef-4830-8e14-3dcaf8809ed5

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus paeba coombsi

(A. Roberts, 1929)

Family

Muridae

Root name

coombsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4898

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Gerbillus calidus kalaharicus

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6379

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Gerbillus swalius swalius

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Muridae

Root name

swalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Gerbillus paeba exilis

(Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938)

Family

Muridae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

290

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891091

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

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

Gerbillus paeba mulleri

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mulleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8792

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus paeba swakopensis

(A. Roberts, 1951)

Family

Muridae

Root name

swakopensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

404

Authority publication

Johannesburg

Name usages

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

Gerbillus paeba infernus

(Lundholm, 1955)

Family

Muridae

Root name

infernus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10509

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Lundholm (1955:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillurus paeba

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

paeba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

164

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Pavlinov (1982:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68856)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9092/115089556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbilliscus paeba coombsi

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

coombsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbilliscus paeba exilis

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbilliscus paeba infernus

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

infernus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbilliscus paeba mulleri

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

mulleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbilliscus paeba

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

paeba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Gerbilliscus paeba paeba

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

paeba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

621

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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