Gerbilliscus validus

(du Bocage, 1890)

Southern Savanna Gerbil

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1890-09. Mammifères d'Angola et du Congo (Suite). Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (2)2(5):1-32.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321619

Original name as described

Gerbillus validus

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Caconda, Quissange, Ambaca, Rio Cuando, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Rwanda · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Ethiopia? · South Sudan? · Sudan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003001

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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.

Gerbillus validus

du Bocage, 1890

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Ambaca, Quissange, Caconda, Rio Cuando

Type locality

Angola.

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321619

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Bocage (1890:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)
Trouessart (1897:460, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Tatera liodon

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Muridae

Root name

liodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.6.16

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lake Mweru

Type locality

Zambia.

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331730

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1910:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10071)
Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
Allen (1939:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus liodon:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

liodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423235

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Tatera valida:

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

412

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108498

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
Thomas (1915:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
Hill & Carter (1941:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Hayman (1963:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Corbet & Hill (1980:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:469, 470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)

Tatera neavei

Wroughton, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

neavei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ndola

Type locality

Zambia.

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063324

Authority publication

Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Name usages

Wroughton (1907:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
Allen (1939:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Taterona taborae

P. S. Kershaw, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

taborae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.9.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tabora, 5* S., 32* 40' E., in the Tanganyika Colony

Type locality

Tanzania.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7baa55d0-7210-4027-9140-3324ef883e28

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196745

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tatera liodon liodon:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

liodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782231

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Tatera taboræ:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

taborae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782235

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:338, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Tatera validus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782235

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:338, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Tatera valida valida:

Hayman, 1963

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

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