Gerbillus Desmarest 1804
Description
Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1:24, Tabl. Meth., p. 22.
REVIEWED BY: E. L. Cockrum (ELC); D. L. Harrison (DLH); D. M. Lay (DML); C. B. Robbins (CBR).
COMMENT: Includes Monodia; formerly included Gerbillurus and Microdillus; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:11, 12, Davis, 1975, Part 6.4:5, Schlitter, 1976, Unpubl. Ph.D. Dissertation Univ. Maryland, 558 pp., and Schlitter, 1976, Diss. Abstr. Int., 37(6). Schlitter, in both 1976 treatments, included Dipodillus as a subgenus of Gerbillus. Petter, 1959, Mammalia, 23:308, Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:2, and Cockrum et al., 1976, Mammalia, 40:313-326, considered Dipodillus a distinct genus. Wassif, 1956, Ain Shams Sci. Bull., No. 1:173 -194 and Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 1-579, regarded Dipodillus as a distinct genus, but in a different sense from Petter, 1959, and Cockrum et al., 1976, who are followed here; revision and clear definition of Hendecapleura, Gerbillus, and Dipodillus (sensu Osborn and Helmy, 1980) is needed; see also Ellerman, 1941:500-504. If Dipodillus is considered a distinct genus then the other naked-footed forms of Gerbillus should also be considered a distinct genus; the name Hendecapleura is available (ELC). This genus and related forms are in need of revision. Subfamily Gerbillinae; see comment under Cricetidae.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091000000.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ED45FFC7FF8B526EFF92C416FF8BFFBD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Gerbillus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Desmarest
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Petter, F. 1959. Evolution du dessin de la surface d'usure des molaires des Gerbillides. Mammalia, 23: 304 - 315.
- Wassif, K. 1956. Studies on gerbils of the subgenus Dipodillus recorded from Egypt. Ain Shams Science Bulletin, 1: 173 - 194.
- Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579.
- Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.