Authority citation: Lichtenstein, H. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischern. T. Trautwein, Berlin, 118 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229316
Original name as described: Dipus tetradactylus
Nominal names: tetradactylus (H. Lichtenstein, 1823) | brucii (Lesson, 1827) | cyrenaicus (Lesson, 1842) [nomen novum]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Dipodidae -- Subfamily: Allactaginae
Type locality: Libyan Desert between Siwa and Alexandria, Egypt.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Libya (LBY) | Egypt (EGY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: moved from Allactaga to Scarturus
Citation: Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249.|Wilson, D. E., Mittermeier, R. A. and Lacher, T. E. (2017) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7: Rodents II. Lynx Edicions
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