Swarthy Gerbil
Gerbillus aquilus Schlitter & Setzer, 1972
Also calledDunkle Rennmaus (deu) · Gerbille sombre (fra) · iraningerbiili (fin) · myszoskoczka śniada (pol) · pískomil tmavohnědý (ces) · アフガニスタンアレチネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol.86 p.167
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Gerbillus. Originally described as a subspecies of G. cheesmani but Lay and Nadler (1975) presented data supporting its status as a separate and distinctive species. Schlitter and Setzer (1973) described subsolanus as a subspecies of G. cheesmani.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: SE Iran, W Pakistan, S Afghanistan (see Lay and Nadler, 1975).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: SE Iran, W Pakistan, S Afghanistan (see Lay and Nadler, 1975).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENT: Includes subsolanus as a junior synonym; formerly this species was included in cheesmani by Schlitter and Setzer, 1973; but see Lay and Nadler, 1975, Mammalia, 39: 437, 440; also see Corbet, 1978: 123.
Order Rodentia (Part 3)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gerbillus aquilus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437837.