Burton's gerbil

Species of rodent

Burton's gerbil
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species:
G. burtoni
Binomial name
Gerbillus burtoni
(F. Cuvier, 1838)[2]

Burton's gerbil (Gerbillus burtoni) is distributed mainly in Darfur, Sudan. Less than 250 individuals of this species of rodent are thought to persist in the wild. It may have been named after Edward Burton,[3] who had the gerbil in his menagerie, obtained from Darfur and described by Frédéric Cuvier.[2]

References

  1. ^ Granjon, L. (2017). "Gerbillus burtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T9111A22464982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9111A22464982.en.
  2. ^ a b Cuvier, F. (1838). "Memoire sur les Gerboises et les Gerbilles". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: 131–148. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1839.tb00013.x.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (7 October 2009). "Burton, E.". The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780801895333.
  • Granjon, L. (2017). "Gerbillus burtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T9111A22464982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T9111A22464982.en. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
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Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
  • Ammodile (A. imbellis)
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
  • Pouched gerbil (D. braueri)
Pachyuromys
  • Fat-tailed gerbil (P. duprasi)
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
  • Cape short-eared gerbil (D. auricularis)
Gerbilliscus
  • Cape gerbil (G. afra)
  • Boehm's gerbil (G. boehmi)
  • Highveld gerbil (G. brantsii)
  • Guinean gerbil (G. guineae)
  • Gorongoza gerbil (G. inclusus)
  • Kemp's gerbil (G. kempi)
  • Bushveld gerbil (G. leucogaster)
  • black-tailed gerbil (G. nigricaudus)
  • Phillips's gerbil (G. phillipsi)
  • fringe-tailed gerbil (G. robustus)
  • savanna gerbil (G. validus)
Gerbillurus
  • Hairy-footed gerbil (G. paeba)
  • Namib brush-tailed gerbil (G. setzeri)
  • dune hairy-footed gerbil (G. tytonis)
  • bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (G. vallinus)
Tatera
  • Indian gerbil (T. indica)
Taterillini
Taterillus
  • Robbins's tateril (T. arenarius)
  • Congo gerbil (T. congicus)
  • Emin's gerbil (T. emini)
  • gracile tateril (T. gracilis)
  • Harrington's gerbil (T. harringtoni)
  • Lake Chad gerbil (T. lacustris)
  • Petter's gerbil (T. petteri)
  • Senegal gerbil (T. pygargus)
  • Tranieri's tateril (T. tranieri)
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
  • Botta's gerbil (D. bottai)
  • North African gerbil (D. campestris)
  • Wagner's gerbil (D. dasyurus)
  • Harwood's gerbil (D. harwoodi)
  • James's gerbil (D. jamesi)
  • Lowe's gerbil (D. lowei)
  • Mackilligin's gerbil (D. mackilligini)
  • greater short-tailed gerbil (D. maghrebi)
  • rupicolous gerbil (D. rupicola)
  • lesser short-tailed gerbil (D. simoni)
  • Somalian gerbil (D. somalicus)
  • Khartoum gerbil (D. stigmonyx)
  • Kerkennah Islands gerbil (D. zakariai)
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
  • Pleasant gerbil (G. amoenus)
  • Brockman's gerbil (G. brockmani)
  • black-tufted gerbil (G. famulus)
  • Algerian gerbil (G. garamantis)
  • Grobben's gerbil (G. grobbeni)
  • pygmy gerbil (G. henleyi)
  • Mauritanian gerbil (G. mauritaniae)
  • Harrison's gerbil (G. mesopotamiae)
  • Darfur gerbil (G. muriculus)
  • Balochistan gerbil (G. nanus)
  • large Aden gerbil (G. poecilops)
  • principal gerbil (G. principulus)
  • least gerbil (G. pusillus)
  • sand gerbil (G. syrticus)
  • vivacious gerbil (G. vivax)
  • Waters's gerbil (G. watersi)
Subgenus Gerbillus:
  • Berbera gerbil (G. acticola)
  • Agag gerbil (G. agag)
  • Anderson's gerbil (G. andersoni)
  • swarthy gerbil (G. aquilus)
  • Burton's gerbil (G. burtoni)
  • Cheesman's gerbil (G. cheesmani)
  • Dongola gerbil (G. dongolanus)
  • Dunn's gerbil (G. dunni)
  • Flower's gerbil (G. floweri)
  • lesser Egyptian gerbil (G. gerbillus)
  • Indian hairy-footed gerbil (G. gleadowi)
  • western gerbil (G. hesperinus)
  • Hoogstraal's gerbil (G. hoogstraali)
  • Lataste's gerbil (G. latastei)
  • Sudan gerbil (G. nancillus)
  • Nigerian gerbil (G. nigeriae)
  • occidental gerbil (G. occiduus)
  • pale gerbil (G. perpallidus)
  • cushioned gerbil (G. pulvinatus)
  • greater Egyptian gerbil (G. pyramidum)
  • Rosalinda gerbil (G. rosalinda)
  • Tarabul's gerbil (G. tarabuli)
Microdillus
  • Somali pygmy gerbil (M. peeli)
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
  • Przewalski's gerbil (B. przewalskii)
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
  • Tamarisk jird (M. tamariscinus)
Subgenus Parameriones:
  • Persian jird (M. persicus)
  • king jird (M. rex)
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
  • Arabian jird (M. arimalius)
  • Cheng's jird (M. chengi)
  • Sundevall's jird (M. crassus)
  • Dahl's jird (M. dahli)
  • Moroccan jird (M. grandis)
  • Libyan jird (M. libycus)
  • midday jird (M. meridianus)
  • Buxton's jird (M. sacramenti)
  • Shaw's jird (M. shawi)
  • Tristram's jird (M. tristrami)
  • Mongolian jird (M. unguiculatus)
  • Vinogradov's jird (M. vinogradovi)
  • Zarudny's jird (M. zarudnyi)
Subgenus Cheliones:
  • Indian desert jird (M. hurrianae)
Psammomys
  • Sand rat (P. obesus)
  • thin sand rat (P. vexillaris)
Rhombomys
  • Great gerbil (R. opimus)
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
  • Bushy-tailed jird (S. calurus)
Taxon identifiers
Gerbillus burtoni