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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).
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).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1825 | Gerbillina Gray p. 342 |
1970 | Gerbillinae de Bruijn et al. p. 559 |
1980 | Gerbillidae Geraads |
2004 | Gerbillinae Steppan et al. p. 547 |
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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. Gerbillurus Shortridge 1942
G. †Pseudomeriones Schaub 1934
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†Pseudomeriones latidens Sen 2001
†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