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Gerbillinae (gerbil)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Gerbillina was named by Gray (1825) [also attributed to De Kay 1842 and Thomas 1896]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Gerbillidae by Geraads (1980); it was reranked as the subfamily Gerbillinae by de Bruijn et al. (1970) and Steppan et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Ierboidae by Gray (1825); to Cricetidae by de Bruijn et al. (1970); to Rodentia by Geraads (1980); and to Muridae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Gerbillina Gray p. 342
1970Gerbillinae de Bruijn et al. p. 559
1980Gerbillidae Geraads
2004Gerbillinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyGerbillinae()
subfamilyGerbillinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Gerbillinae Gray 1825 [gerbil]
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G. †Epimeriones Daxner-Höck 1972
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Epimeriones austriacus Daxner-Höck 1972
G. Gerbillurus Shortridge 1942
G. Gerbillus Desmarest 1804
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Gerbillus agag Thomas 1911
G. Meriones Illiger 1811 [jird]
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Meriones unguiculatus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Mongolian gerbil]
G. †Pseudomeriones Schaub 1934
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Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Teilhard 1926
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Invalid names: Gerbillus matthewi Young 1927 [synonym]
Pseudomeriones megistos Sylvestrou and Kostopoulos 2007
Pseudomeriones pythagorasi Black et al. 1980
G. Tatera Lataste 1882 [large naked-soled gerbil]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available