Taxonomy Profile: Jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus 1758)

Jaculus jaculus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Dipus aegyptius
Lichtenstein 1827
Dipus darricarrerei
Lataste 1883
Dipus deserti
Loche 1867
Jaculus florentiae
Cheesman and Hinton 1924
Dipus hirtipes
Lichtenstein 1823
Dipus loftusi
Blanford 1875
Dipus macromystax
Lichtenstein 1828
Dipus macrotarsus
Wagner 1840
Dipus schlueteri
Nehring 1901
Jaculus jaculus sefrius
Thomas and Hinton 1921
Jaculus loftusi vocator
Thomas 1921
Jaculus jaculus syrius
Thomas 1922
Jaculus florentiae oralis
Cheesman and Hinton 1924
Jaculus jaculus centralis
Thomas and Hinton 1921
Jaculus jaculus airensis
Thomas 1921
Jaculus jaculus favonicus
Thomas 1913
Jaculus deserti favillus
Setzer 1955
Jaculus deserti fuscipes
Ranck 1968
Jaculus deserti rarus
Ranck 1968
Jaculus deserti vastus
Ranck 1968
Jaculus jaculus arenaceous
Ranck 1968
Jaculus jaculus collinsi
Ranck 1968
Jaculus jaculus cufrensis
Ranck 1968
Jaculus jaculus tripolitanicus
Ranck 1968
Jaculus jaculus whitchurchi
Ranck 1968
Common Name(s):
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Jaculus jaculus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
jumping mice |
birch mice |
Jerboas |
Subfamily : Dipodinae
Genus : Jaculus
African Desert Jerboas |
Desert Jerboas |
Species : Jaculus jaculus
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa |
Jaculus jaculus Direct Children(s):
Jaculus jaculus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Mary Ellen Holden
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10023
Reference for:
Jaculus jaculus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Jaculus jaculus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Holden, Mary Ellen, and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Dipodidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
871-893
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Jaculus jaculus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1951-11-19 / 1951-11-19
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Jaculus jaculus
Jaculus jaculus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Jaculus jaculus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Ranck (1968) recognized two species in this complex, J. jaculus and J. deserti, but Harrison (1978) showed that they are conspecific based on Ranck's criteria (see also discussion in Corbet, 1978c:152). Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov (1999) suggested that schlueteri is a species because it occurs adjacent to J. j. vocator in Israel without apparently intergrading as was claimed by Harrison and Bates (1991). Karyotype given by Al Saleh and Khan (1984) and Granjon et al. (1992). For synonyms see Ell...