Gerbillus dasyurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Wagner's Gerbil

Formerly Dipodillus dasyurus. Also as Rough-tailed Gerbil, Wadi Hof Gerbil, Wagner's Dipodil.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Tierpark BerlinDate taken:Jan 1, 2002Description:Formerly Dipodillus dasyurus. Also as Rough-tailed Gerbil, Wadi Hof Gerbil, Wagner's Dipodil.

Distribution :

Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Sinai, E desert of Egypt; also recorded from Turkey.

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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: Dipodillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Beschreibung einiger neuer oder minder bekannter Nager. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):1-33.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697235

Original name as described

Meriones dasyurus

Other common names

Rough-tailed Gerbil · Wadi Hof Gerbil · Wagner's Dipodil

Type locality

Sinai, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Lebanon · Oman · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · Yemen

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dipodillus to Gerbillus

Taxonomy notes citation

Abiadh, A., Chetoui, M., Lamine-Cheniti, T., Capanna, E. and Colangelo, P. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): Implications for systematics, taxonomy and chromosomal evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(2):513-518. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.018

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002915

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.

Meriones dasyurus

J. A. Wagner, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

an der arabischen Westküste

Type locality

Egypt.

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697235

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Heuglin (1877:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Gerbillus (Dipodillus) dasyurus:

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990762

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1894:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69211)
Trouessart (1897:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman (1947:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:633, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:413, 414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Happold (2013:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9116/197509063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipodillus dasyuroides

Nehring, 1901

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyuroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Jordan: 31°15′N, 35°45′E.

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798581

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Gerbillus dasyuroïdes:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyuroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423239

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Dipodillus dasyurus:

S. S. Flower, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
Osborn & Helmy (1980:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus dasyurus dasyurus:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

633

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722934

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:633, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Gerbillus (Dipodillus) dasyurus leosollicitus

E. von Lehmann, 1966

Family

Muridae

Root name

leosollicitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1965.174

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Syria: 33°22′N, 36°26′E.

Authority page

288

Authority publication

Zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Gerbillus (Dipodillus) dasyurus palmyrae

E. von Lehmann, 1966

Family

Muridae

Root name

palmyrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1965.183

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Syria: 34°36′N, 38°15′E.

Authority page

288

Authority publication

Zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Gerbillus dasyurus gallagheri

D. L. Harrison, 1971

Family

Muridae

Root name

gallagheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HZM 27.5770

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Masafi, Oman

Type locality

United Arab Emirates: 25°19′N, 56°10′E.

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Dipodillus dasyurus dasyurus:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

dasyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747384

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

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