Gerbillus rupicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Gerbillus rupicola Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev & Sicard, 2002: 183

Holotype: MNHN CG 1999.184, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by S. Ag Atteynine and Bruno Sicard on 2 January 1999.
Type locality: “Emnal'here, right bank of the main course of the Niger River, 12 km east Mopti, Mali (14°28′26″N; 4°05′16″W). The exact place of capture was at mid-slope of a rocky outcrop situated c. 100 m westwards from the village, itself located close to the main road leading to Seâvareâ”.

Granjon, L., Aniskin, V.M., Volobouev, V. & Sicard, B. 2002. Sand-dwellers in rocky habitats: a new species of Gerbillus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Mali. Journal of Zoology 256(2): 181–190. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000213 Reference page.

Granjon, L. 2017. IUCN: Gerbillus rupicola (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T45053A22466127. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45053A22466127.en. Accessed on 03 April 2025.

English: Rupicolous Gerbil

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