Taterillus arenarius Robbins 1974

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1243

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Taterillus arenarius Robbins 1974
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Taterillus arenarius Robbins 1974 View in CoL

Taterillus arenarius Robbins 1974 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 87: 399.

Type Locality: Mauritania, Trarza Region, Tiguent.

Vernacular Names: Robbins's Tateril.

Distribution: N Sahelian savanna and subdesert from Mauritania through Mali to Niger (see Robbins, 1974); eastern limits unknown although Sicard et al. (1988) believed the species to be confined to the left bank of the Niger River.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: In a detailed multivariate analysis, Robbins (1974) compared his new species with samples of T. gracilis and T. pygargus . The latter and T. arenarius are sympatric in S Mauritania. Results from a chromosome banding study (R- and C-bands) of T. arenarius as reported by Volobouev and Granjon (1996:45), "revealed the presence of an XX/XY 1 Y 2 sex-chromosome system in the karyotype [2n = 30/31, FNa = 36], as found previously in three other congeneric species." Ecology and membership in small mammal community of SW Mauritania discussed by Granjon et al. (2002 b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Taterillus

Loc

Taterillus arenarius Robbins 1974

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Taterillus arenarius

Robbins 1974: 399
1974
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