Meriones libycus

H. Lichtenstein, 1823

Libyan Jird

Also as Asiatic Hairy-footed Gerbil.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Tierpark BerlinDate taken:Mar 27, 2006

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4881

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischern. T. Trautwein, Berlin, 118 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313

Original name as described

Meriones libycus

Other common names

Asiatic Hairy-footed Gerbil

Type locality

"deserto libyco [= Libian desert]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · United Arab Emirates · Turkey · Azerbaijan · Kuwait · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Kazakhstan · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002959

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.

Total: 67 names and synonyms.

Meriones libycus

H. Lichtenstein, 1823

Family

Muridae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lichtenstein (1823:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37654)
  2. Schinz (1825:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Thomas (1919:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16429)
  4. Flower (1932:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  5. Allen (1939:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  6. Ellerman (1947:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
  7. Setzer (1956:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  8. Shidlovskiy (1962:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)
  9. Ranck (1968:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34293)
  10. Osborn & Helmy (1980:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Musser & Carleton (1993:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  15. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  16. Smith & Xie (2008:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  17. Happold (2013:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  18. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13164/115110005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dipus Lybicus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lybicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Gerbillus libycus

(Burmeister, 1837)

Family

Muridae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

809

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858144

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Burmeister (1837:809, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)

Gerbillus erythroura

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324290

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones melanurus

Rüppell, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.8.15.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0777bbd-0d22-44f2-abaf-c4ca4404f00f

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886758

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Trouessart (1897:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus melanurus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729820

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1843:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)

Meriones caucasius

Brandt, 1855

Family

Muridae

Root name

caucasius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Gerbillus schousboeii

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Muridae

Root name

schousboeii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Meriones Schousbœii

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Muridae

Root name

schousboeii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · nomennudum

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Rhombomys melanurus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476779

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1867:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  2. Heuglin (1877:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

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