Gerbillus somalicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: Gerbillus somalicus

Name

Gerbillus somalicus (Thomas, 1910)

Type: ♂ R. E. Drake-Brockman 226 (20 October 1909, B.M. no. 9.12.17.40)

Type locality: "Upper Sheikh, Somaliland"; Somalia

Synonymy

• Dipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus Thomas, 1910
• Dipodillus somalicus Thomas, 1910: 197 [Protonym]
• Gerbillus somalicus (Thomas, 1910)

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1910. Further new African Mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, ser. 8, 5(26): 191–202. DOI: 10.1080/00222931008692751 BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Somalian Gerbil