Gerbilliscus robustus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Fringe-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

Cretzschmar, P.J. 1830. [Heft 19, pl. 29-30]. Pp. 74–78 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140695

Original name as described

Meriones robustus

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4325

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ambukol, Kordofan, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Niger · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Somalia · Nigeria? · Cameroon? · Kenya? · Uganda

Taxonomy notes

previously included G. vicinus

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002998

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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.

Tatera nyassae loveridgei

(Hatt, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

loveridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-55584

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-55584

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Tatera robusta taylori

(Hatt, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

taylori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-82300

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-82300

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Tatera shoana

(Wroughton, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shoanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.6.9.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b43a3019-573e-4cbf-a76a-f5b0946a44f1

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472545

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera mombasae

(Wroughton, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mombasae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.1.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45e35802-3424-4fc3-ad4c-cd92a90c89ed

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472546

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera nigricauda bodessae

(C. Frick, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bodessae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3543

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781464

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

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

Tatera nigricauda bayeri

(Lönnberg, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bayeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 5183

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Meriones robustus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Muridae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4325

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140695

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Meriones macropus

(von Heuglin, 1864)

Family

Muridae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1098

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611092

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

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

Tatera pothae

(E. Heller, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pothae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:161716

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f18dcc00-6232-4683-b80a-3006c4679fde

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813192

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Gerbillus (Tatera) vicinus muansae

(Matschie, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

muansae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 182. 11. 7

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43646807

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Tatera iconica

(Dollman, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

iconicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815241

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Gerbillus robustus

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Muridae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Tatera robusta

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gerbilliscus robustus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

robustus

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 (2013:284) (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 #21519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21519/115162285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Meriones murinus

(Sundevall, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304086

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

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