Greater Egyptian Gerbil
Gerbillus pyramidum (É.Geoffroy, 1803)
Also calledBüyük Mısır Gerbili (Piramit Gerbili) (tur) · Grande Gerbille (fra) · Grande Gerbille d’Egypte (fra) · Grote Agypten-Rennmaus (deu) · Grote Egyptische Renmuis (nld) · Große Ägypten-Rennmaus (deu) · Große Ägyptische Rennmaus (deu) · Stor Egyptørkenmus (nob) · Stor egyptisk ørkenrotte (dan) · dongolangerbiili (fin) · isoegyptingerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka egipska (pol) · pískomil egyptský (ces) · Египетская песчанка (rus)
First described in: Cat. Mam. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris p.202
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus. Many authors have viewed this species as ranging extensively from the Sinai throughout North Africa to Morocco and Senegal, and containing many synonyms. Lay (1983), however, discussed the taxonomic quagmire, noting that most synonyms formerly associated with G. pyramidum probably did not represent that species or are presently unidentifiable, and described the wide chromosomal variation in specimens from different geographic regions. " Inasmuch as a distinctive karyotype of 2 n = 38 with all biarmed elements has been reported for topotypical material and such a karyotype has not been reported from any locality outside Egypt, it should be assumed that G. pyramidum inhabits only the region mapped by Osborn and Helmy " (Lay, 1983: 346). Tawill and Niethammer (1989) discussed the morphological and chromosomal identification of a sample from Khartoum as most probably G. pyramidum. The chromosomal and morphometric analyses of North African samples usually identified as G. pyramidum reinforced the view that it has been recorded only from Egypt and Sudan (Granjon et al., 1999). Dobigny et al. (2001 a), however, reported samples with 2 n = 38 from coastal Ma
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Documented from Egypt, Nile delta and valley south to Sudan (N Sudan, oases of Western Desert and SE Eastern Desert, and Khartoum region in EC Sudan (see Osborn and Helmy, 1980: 97); specimens with same karyotype have been collected from the Mauritanian coast, N Mali, and W Niger, so actual range may extend from coastal Mauritania to Egypt and Sudan (Dobigny et al., 2001 a, b, 2002 b).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Many authors have viewed this species as ranging extensively from the Sinai throughout North Africa, and containing many synonyms. Lay (1983), however, restricted the distribution of G. pyramidum proper to the region mapped by Osborn and Helmy (1980). Tawill and Niethammer (1989) discussed the morphological and chromosomal identification of a sample from Khartoum as most probably G. pyramidum.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Egypt, Nile delta and valley south to N Sudan, oases of Western Desert and SE Eastern Desert (see Osborn and Helmy, 1980: 97); possibly Khartoum region in EC Sudan.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437811.