Taterillus pygargus

(F. Cuvier, 1837)

Senegal Tateril

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, F. 1837-06-27. The remainder of M. F. Cuvier's Paper on the Jerboas and Gerbillas was read. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836(48):141-142.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570869

Original name as described

Gerbillus pygargus

Other common names

Cuvier's Tateril · Senegal Gerbil

Type material

MNHN:type:370 (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A2658)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"vient de la haute Egypte [= comes from upper Egypt]." Restricted by C. B. Robbins in 1977 to probably Saint Louis, Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Niger · Senegal · Gambia? · Mali? · Mauritania?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002983

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Gerbillus senegalensis

G. Cuvier, 1833

Family

Muridae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
Lesson (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Gerbillus pygargus

F. Cuvier, 1837

Family

Muridae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:370 (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A2658)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Senegal.

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570869

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Cuvier (1837:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40517)
Cuvier (1838:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12865634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68791)
Lesson (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Carus (1868:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36932279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61667)
Rochebrune (1883:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Trouessart (1897:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Thomas (1903:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66458)
Trouessart (1904:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Meriones pygargus:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Muridae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)
Fitzinger (1867:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Heuglin (1877:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Taterillus pygargus:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Happold (2013:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21528/22416675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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