Gerbilliscus (Taterona) validus (Bocage 1890)

[Gerbilliscus (Taterona)] validus (Bocage 1890), J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, 2 (5): 6.

Type Locality: Angola, Rio Cuando, Ambaca, Quissange, Caconda.

Vernacular Names: Southern Savanna Gerbil.

Synonyms: Gerbilliscus (Taterona) liodon (Thomas 1902); Gerbilliscus (Taterona) neavei (Wroughton 1907); Gerbilliscus (Taterona) taborae (Kershaw 1921) .

Distribution: Southern savanna from Angola (Crawford-Cabral, 1998) through S Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, and SW Tanzania to S Kenya (between the Rift Valley and coast).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Tatera valida .

Discussion: Subgenus Taterona . Revised by Bates (1988) as Tatera validus validus . Allopatric with and closely related to the West African G. kempi (see that account). Discriminant function analyses comparing Angolan G. validus and G. leucogaster provided by Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1991).