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Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Desmarest, A.G. (1804). Tableau méthodique des mammifères. Pp. 5–38 in Anonymous Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Tome XXIV. Crapelet, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 238 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
genus
Gerbillus

Name

Synonyms
Endecapleura Lataste, 1882
Gerbellus Gray, 1821
Hendecapleura Lataste, 1884
Monodia Heim de Balsac, 1943
Homonyms
Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804
Common names
Echte Rennmäuse in German
Gerbil in Turkish
Gerbiler in Norwegian Bokmål
Gerbillos in Spanish
Gerbils in English
Gerbils in English
Gerbils in English
Typical Gerbils in English
myszoskoczka in Polish
Ørkenmus in Norwegian Bokmål
Карликовые песчанки in Russian
גרביל in Hebrew
アレチネズミ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Desmarest, A.G. (1804). Tableau méthodique des mammifères. Pp. 5–38 in Anonymous Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Tome XXIV. Crapelet, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 238 pp.
  2. Latreille, P.A. (1804). Tableau Synoptique des Classes des Animaux, pp. 1-211 in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, Vol. 24. Crapelet, Paris. 84+85+238+18+34 pp.
  3. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  7. Rosevear, D. R., 1969: null. The Rodents of West Africa. 604.
  8. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  9. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  10. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  11. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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