Gerbillus henleyi

(de Winton, 1903)

Pygmy Gerbil

Also as Henley's Gerbil, Henley's Pygmy Gerbil.
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Location:Chad, Batha region, Ouadi-Rimé Ouadi-Achim Fauna Reserve, Oryx Base CampDate taken:Mar 27, 2023Description:Also as Henley's Gerbil, Henley's Pygmy Gerbil.

Distribution :

From C Morocco (south of Atlas Mtns) and Algeria through N Africa to Sinai Peninsula, NE Sudan, and Djibouti; then through Israel and Jordan, with scattered records in W Saudi Arabia, N Yemen, and Oman; also recorded from Burkina Faso, Niger, and N Senegal.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6890

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: Hendecapleura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1903. List of mammals obtained by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild and the Hon. Francis R. Henley in the Natron Valley, Egypt. Novitates Zoologicae 10:279-285.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771370

Original name as described

Dipodillus henleyi

Other common names

Henley's Gerbil · Henley's Pygmy Gerbil

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4aa85d2a-2601-42fa-abef-e220097fc123

Type locality

Zaghig, Wadi Natrun, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Burkina Faso · Chad · Djibouti · Egypt · Israel · Jordan · Libya · Mali · Mauritania · Morocco · Niger · Oman · Palestine · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Sudan · Tunisia · Yemen

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002924

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Dipodillus henleyi

de Winton, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Zaghig

Type locality

Egypt: 30°24′N, 30°18′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4aa85d2a-2601-42fa-abef-e220097fc123

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771370

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

de Winton (1903:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65955)
Flower (1932:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
Allen (1939:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Osborn & Helmy (1980:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

Dipodillus mariæ

Bonhote, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.1.44

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mokattam Hills near Cairo

Type locality

Egypt: 30°2′N, 31°17′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ef9ae9a-482b-4cda-89cd-cf405888c364

Authority page

792

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31210323

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
Allen (1939:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dipodillus jordani

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

jordani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.6.12.100

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Algeria: 35°9′N, 3°2′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1fef3a6a-022f-443f-b437-b6468d99efe1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d87deb5-3b6d-4ede-bf91-b276d4a3a5d3

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630769

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus henleyi:

Ellerman, 1947

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

269

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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)
Ranck (1968:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)
Corbet & Hill (1980:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Benazzou (1998:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73036)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9127/115090818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus henleyi henleyi:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

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)
Ranck (1968:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbillus henleyi jordani:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

jordani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

634

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722935

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:634, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Gerbillus henleyi mariae:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

634

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722935

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:634, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Gerbillus henleyi makrami

Setzer, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

makrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:82348

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Africa: Northern Africa: Hala'ib Triangle: 22°15′N, 36°22′E.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0a7f07cd-75c1-44d9-90ca-3be82c8c4a43

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

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

Dipodillus henleyi henleyi:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

henleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747408

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

Dipodillus henleyi mariae:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747409

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)

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