Gerbilliscus vicinus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

East African 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

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 vicinus

Other common names

Ukamba Gerbil

Type locality

Kitui in Ukamba, Kitui District, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from G. robustus

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003003

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.

Gerbillus vicinus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1878)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vicinus

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

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tatera vicina

(Dollman, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vicinus

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

Dollman (1914:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Taterona swaythlingi

(P. S. Kershaw, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

swaythlingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.9.5.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91ff59f7-c2b2-47d8-943f-d5d39105d0db

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196744

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Gerbilliscus vicinus

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

vicinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

619

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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