Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Gerbilliscus (Taterona) validus (Bocage 1890) [Gerbilliscus (Taterona)] validus (Bocage 1890) , J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa , 2 (5): 6 . Type Locality: Angola , Rio Cuando, Ambaca, Quissange, Caconda. Vernacular Names: Southern Savanna Gerbil . Synonyms: Gerbilliscus (Taterona) liodon (Thomas 1902) ; Gerbilliscus (Taterona) neavei (Wroughton 1907) ; Gerbilliscus (Taterona) taborae (Kershaw 1921) . Distribution: Southern savanna from Angola ( Crawford-Cabral, 1998 ) through S Dem. Rep. Congo , Zambia , and SW Tanzania to S Kenya (between the Rift Valley and coast). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Tatera valida . Discussion: Subgenus Taterona . Revised by Bates (1988) as Tatera validus validus . Allopatric with and closely related to the West African G. kempi (see that account). Discriminant function analyses comparing Angolan G. validus and G. leucogaster provided by Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1991) .