Tatera indica

(Hardwicke, 1807)

Indian 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 : Tatera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., vol. 8, 279

Original name as described

Dipus indicus

Other common names

Antelope Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:11g

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

between Benares and Hardwar, United Province, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Turkey · Syria · Iraq · Kuwait · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003004

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 Hardwickii

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:11e

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729821

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Dipus indicus

(Hardwicke, 1807)

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:11g

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Tatera ceylonica

Wroughton, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

ceylonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.5.9.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e8b27a38-fd2f-41bb-b759-d2ff85124b7d

Authority page

499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472552

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera persica scansa

Wroughton, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

scansa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.6.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5ae1a918-cba8-4ead-9a23-785fca33287b

Authority page

496

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472549

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera Bailwardi

Wroughton, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

bailwardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.4.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/60ad4c73-17af-4f93-932c-3601a527efc2

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472551

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera Bailwardi monticola

Wroughton, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b07149c-49b2-4991-af78-88026e2b06f2

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472551

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera persica

Wroughton, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

persica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.2.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d95806a-7429-420e-832c-68db342bad6b

Authority page

496

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472549

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera dunni

Wroughton, 1917

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.6.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/912a9b32-1afc-4a98-af5a-dc1e5f719999

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453813

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Tatera sherrini

Wroughton, 1917

Family

Muridae

Root name

sherrini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.11.1.88

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5ca93a2-9755-4490-8953-8cb51a0feb93

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453813

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Tatera pitmani

Cheesman, 1920

Family

Muridae

Root name

pitmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.12.24.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbb9e206-4b41-453b-a27c-9870a41707ec

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30358950

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Meriones taeniurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

taeniura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B1283, NMW B1284, NMW B1285, NMW B1286

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060701

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Gerbillus indicus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Muridae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207724

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  5. Kelaart (1852:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  6. Blyth (1863:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  7. Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Gerbillus otaria

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

otaria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tatera indica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

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)
  3. Pavlinov (2001:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67278)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21514/22411969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus otarius

(F. Cuvier, 1838)

Family

Muridae

Root name

otarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Gerbillus Cuvieri

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571113

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Tatera hardwickei

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

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