Taterillus
Taterillus is a genus of gerbils. The species within this genus can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype, and not by external appearance.[1]
| Taterillus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Taterillini |
| Genus: | Taterillus Thomas, 1910 |
The genus contains the following species:
- Robbins's tateril (Taterillus arenarius)
- Congo gerbil (Taterillus congicus)
- Emin's gerbil (Taterillus emini)
- Gracile tateril (Taterillus gracilis)
- Harrington's gerbil (Taterillus harringtoni) – doubtfully distinct from T. emini, which has the same chromosome count.[1]
- Lake Chad gerbil (Taterillus lacustris)
- Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)
- Senegal gerbil (Taterillus pygargus)
- Tranieri's tateril (Taterillus tranieri)
References
- Ara Monadjem, Peter J. Taylor, Christiane Denys, Fenton P.D. Cotterill (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. p. 594. ISBN 978-3-11-030191-5.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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