Ctenodactylus gundi

(Rothman, 1777)

Common Gundi

Also as Atlas Gundi, North African Gundi, Northern Gundi.
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Location:Tunisia, Bou-hedma National ParkDate taken:16 June 2013Description:Also as Atlas Gundi, North African Gundi, Northern Gundi.

Distribution :

N Morocco, N Algeria, Tunisia, NW Libya.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2498

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Ctenodactylomorphi
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Subfamily: Ctenodactylinae
Genus: Ctenodactylus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rothman, D. 1777. D. Rothman's Reise nach Garean. Pp. 326–342 in Schlözer, A.L. (eds.). August Ludwig Schlözers Briefwechsel. Erster Theil, Heft I-VI, 1776. Vandenhoeksche Buchhandlung, Göttingen, 398 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=m6xRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA339

Original name as described

Mus Gundi

Other common names

Atlas Gundi · North African Gundi · Northern Gundi

Type locality

"Garean, " (= Gharyan, 80 km south of Tripoli, Libya).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Libya · Morocco · Tunisia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001184

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.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Mus Gundi

Rothman, 1777

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

gundi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Garean

Type locality

Libya.

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=m6xRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA339

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Mus Gondi:

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

gondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230070

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Arctomys Gundi:

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

gundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751365

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Wolf (1808:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
Goldfuss (1809:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Schinz (1821:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Ctenodactylus Massonii

J. E. Gray, 1830

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

massonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Hab. ad Cap. Bon. Spei.

Type locality

Algeria.

Authority page

11

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smuts (1832:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
Blyth (1840:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Lesson (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Wagner (1843:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38189)
Loche (1858:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
Fitzinger (1867:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Loche (1867:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
Trouessart (1897:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)

Ctenodactylus typicus

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Inhabits Barbary.—South Africa?

Type locality

Africa: Northern Africa.

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968269

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)

Ctenodactylus gundi:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

gundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Trouessart (1897:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:496, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Klaptocz (1909:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10227049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68565)
Thomas (1920:507, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67556)
Allen (1939:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:521, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Ranck (1968:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)
Corbet & Hill (1980:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Dieterlen (1993:761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69026)
Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Happold (2013:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5792/22191625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenodactylus Massoni:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

massoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

arabicus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

arabicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

597

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435141

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)

Ctenodactylus gundi gundi:

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

gundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242902

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Thomas (1920:507, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67556)
Allen (1939:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:521, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Ranck (1968:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)

Ctenodactylus gundi massoni:

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

massoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242902

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Thomas (1920:507, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67556)

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