Gerbilliscus validus

(du Bocage, 1890)

Southern Savanna 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

J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, vol. 2, 5, 6

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321619

Original name as described

Gerbillus validus

Type locality

Caconda, Quissange, Ambaca, Rio Cuando, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Sudan? · South Sudan? · Ethiopia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003001

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 liodon

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Muridae

Root name

liodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.6.16

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331730

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Taterona taborae

(P. S. Kershaw, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

taborae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.9.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7baa55d0-7210-4027-9140-3324ef883e28

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196745

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera valida

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

valida

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, 470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gerbilliscus validus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

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 (2013:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21520/22426020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus validus

(du Bocage, 1890)

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321619

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Tatera neavei

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

neavei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Manchester Memoir

Name usages

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

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