Gerbillus burtoni

F. Cuvier, 1838

Burton's Gerbil

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Gerbillini
Genus : Gerbillus
Subgenus : incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trans. Zool. Soc, London 2: 145, pls. 22, 23

Original name as described

Gerbillus burtoni

Type locality

Dharfur, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan

Taxonomy notes

was excluded from the Mammals of Africa (listed as incertae sedis) and HMW series without justification and is thus tentatively retained here

Taxonomy notes citation

Granjon, L. 2013. Genus Gerbillus. In: M. Happold and D.C.D. Happold (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, pp. 293-297. Bloomsbury, New York. · Granjon, L. 2017. Gerbillus burtoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T9111A22464982. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9111A22464982.en. Downloaded on 31 October 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006503

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 Burtonii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

burtonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Gerbillus burtoni

F. Cuvier, 1838

Family

Muridae

Root name

burtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

145, pl. 25

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9111/22464982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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