Gerbilliscus tytonis

(Bauer & Niethammer, 1960)

Dune 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 : Paratatera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bauer, K. and Niethammer, J. 1960-01-10. Über eine kleine Säugetierausbeute aus Südwest-Afrika. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 10(3-4):236-260.

Original name as described

Gerbillus (Gerbillurus) vallinus tytonis

Other common names

Namib Dune Gerbil

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1959.515

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia

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

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