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Gerbillus ruberrimus Rhoads 1896

Description

Gerbillus ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 538.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Finik, near Webi Shebeli.

DISTRIBUTION: Somalia and Kenya.

COMMENT: Listed as a distinct species by Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 8:26, and Rupp, 1980, Saugetierk. Mitt., 28:87; but also see Roche, 1975, Monitore Zool. ItaL, suppl. 6:263-268, who included ruberrimus in pusillus. DML includes ruberrimus in genus Dipodillus; but see comment under Gerbillus.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 417, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Biodiversity

Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Gerbillus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Rhoads
Species
ruberrimus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gerbillus ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118.
  • Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123.
  • Roche, J. 1975. A propos des petites gerbilles a soles plantaires nues (sous-genre Hendecapleura) de L'est African. Italian Journal of Zoology, n. s., Suppl. 6, 13: 263 - 268.