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Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas 1919

Description

Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, 1919. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26:748.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq, Lower Euphrates, near Basra.

DISTRIBUTION: S.W. Iran; Iraq; Arabia; North Yemen; South Yemen; Oman.

COMMENT: Formerly included aquilus; see Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39:423-445, and Corbet, 1978:123. Includes arduus; see Ellerman and MorrisonScott, 1951:636, Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:548, and Schlitter, 1976, Unpubl. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Maryland, 558 pp. Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:9, included cheesmani in gerbillus but see Corbet, 1978:123, Schlitter, 1976, Diss. Abstr. Int., 37(6), and Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:546, who considered cheesmani a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091008001.

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 413, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Gerbillus
Species
cheesmani
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, 1919 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Lay, D. M., and C. F. Nadler. 1975. A study of Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae) east of the Euphrates River. Mammalia, 39: 423 - 445.