Kemp's gerbil

Species of rodent

Kemp's gerbil
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbilliscus
Species:
G. kempi
Binomial name
Gerbilliscus kempi
(Wroughton, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Gerbilliscus gambiana (Thomas, 1910)

Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi) is a species of rodent. Mammal Species of the World considers G. kempi and G. gambianus to be synonyms,[2] however the IUCN has assessed each taxon as were they different species.[3]

According to the IUCN in 2004, what they call G. kempi was found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly Liberia.[4]

References

  1. ^ Granjon, L. (2019). "Gerbilliscus kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21515A22426529. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21515A22426529.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Gerbilliscus Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
  3. ^ Granjon, L. (30 April 2004). "Tatera gambiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ Schlitter, D.; Granjon, L. & Corti, M. (30 April 2004). "Tatera kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T21515A9295365. Retrieved July 10, 2007.|volume= / |date= mismatch
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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
Gerbilliscus kempi
Tatera kempi
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