Scarturus cf. williamsi (Hamidi, Darvish & M. Matin, 2016)

Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, Zoosystema 40 (24), pp. 507-537 : 529-530

Scarturus cf. williamsi (Hamidi, Darvish & M. Matin, 2016)

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Paralactaga cf. williamsi Hamidi, Darvish & M. Matin, 2016: 3 .

COMMON NAME. — Williams’s Jerboa.

HOLOTYPE. — ZMFUM-5028 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Kopet-Dag Mountains, North East of Iran (36°56’N, 59°31’E), Khorasan Razavi Province .

DISTRIBUTION. — Kopet-Dag Mountains, North East of Iran ( Hamidi et al. 2016).

HABITAT. — The altitude of the sampling locality is approximately 2251 m above sea level and the topography is barren high plains, with mounds and rocky habitats. The vegetation of this region is mostly belonging to the following families: Caryophyllaceae , Asteraceae , Zygophyllaceae , Resedaceae , Scrophulariaceae , Asteraceae , Cupressaceae , Rosaceae and Berberidaceae .

IUCN. — Not evaluated.

REFERENCES. — Hamidi et al. (2016); Michaux & Shenbrot (2017).

REMARK

Michaux & Shenbrot (2017) indicated that the S. cf. williamsi named by K. Hamidi and colleagues in 2016 is a separate species that needs to be formally described. This taxon could also be possibly closely related to S. euphraticus caprimulga Ellerman, 1948 . Hence, it could probably be considered as an additional endemic rodent for Iran (C. William Kilpatrick comm. pers.).

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Figures

FIG. 9. — Scarturus cf. williamsi (Hamidi, Darvish & M. Matin, 2016). Photo by K. Hamidi.