Gerbillus campestris Le Vaillant 1857

• Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Gerbillus; Gerbillus campestris; Osborn; DML
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7206473; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7206473

Gerbillus campestris Le Vaillant, 1857. Atlas Expl. Sci. Alg. Mamm., pl. V, fig. 2. TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Constantine Prov., Philipeville. DISTRIBUTION: Morocco to Libya; Sudan; N. Somalia. COMMENT: Included in genus Dipodillus by Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 141 -154; but see comment under Gerbillus. Includes somalicus, quadrimaculatus, lowei, and stigmonyx; see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:11, who also included amoenus in this species but noted that amoenus might be a distinct species. Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. Ital., suppl. 8:27, discussed somalicus. Formerly included luteolus (here included in bottai; see Kock, 1978, Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 6:31 -37, who also considered stigmonyx a nomen dubium and somalicus a subspecies of campestris) and amoenus (which was considered a distinct species by Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 167). Corbet, 1978: 120, tentatively included amoenus in nanus and listed jamesi (without comment) in campestris; but see Petter, 1975, Part 6.3:11, who listed jamesi as a distinct species. Includes dodsoni, haymani, patrizii, wassifi, and venustus; see Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5: 141 -155. DML regards lowei and somalicus as separate species pending revision. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008091007001 as G. campestris. 5301410008091035001 as G. stigmonyx. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 413, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353031