Sekeetamys calurus

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Bushy-tailed Jird

Sekeetamys calurus image
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Location:USA, NY, Bronx co., Bronx ZooDate taken:28 March 2010

Distribution :

Restricted to rocky and cliff habitat from E Egypt (east side of the Nile) through Sinai, SE Israel and SW Jordan into C Saudi Arabia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3837

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1892-01-01. Descriptions of three new gerbilles in the British Museum collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(49):76-79.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268284

Original name as described

Gerbillus calurus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:22a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12a132ac-2ed6-4afa-b8dd-c7d161d89339 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36f464e9-1d2c-4a9c-a1d0-e5e755c0288e

Type locality

near Tor, Sinai, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Israel · Jordan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Syria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002976

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Gerbillus calurus

O. Thomas, 1892

Family

Muridae

Root name

calurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:22a

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Hab. Unknown.

Type locality

Egypt.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12a132ac-2ed6-4afa-b8dd-c7d161d89339 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36f464e9-1d2c-4a9c-a1d0-e5e755c0288e

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268284

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Meriones calurus:

S. S. Flower, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

calurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

421

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
Allen (1939:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman (1947:270, 271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
Ellerman (1947:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:638, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Sekeetamys makrami

Setzer, 1961

Family

Muridae

Root name

makrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:82455

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Egypt.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3d133006-c336-4813-a07a-89656e0e79ae

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

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

Sekeetamys calurus:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

calurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747410

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:465, 466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20089/115156643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sekeetamys calurus calurus:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

calurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747417

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Sekeetamys calurus makrami:

D. J. Osborn & Helmy, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

makrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747418

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Osborn & Helmy (1980:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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