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<emphasis id="9D7ABA6C374AD8E61FF5ABD91CDC05DB" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">[Dipus] pyramidum</emphasis>
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,
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Cat. Mamm.
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. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 202
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.
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<emphasis id="5E6D8247C398D938FCA93F71D419E04A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="AC7776B097DAFF0C6F53140F8A607165" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="F07374FFF43641855670DCA1B28B14A9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1DB3ABDE7A521607B6241973CF35E9C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) elbaensis</emphasis>
Setzer 1958
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;
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<emphasis id="0A5D6D30BF8241316A2955F14C2E5D25" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">Gerbillus (Gerbillus) gedeedus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="7024C9109EEA3A4A152DE8272868FBFE" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Distribution:</emphasis>
Documented from
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, Nile delta and valley south to
<collectingCountry id="2BA91B94025B11BE50FAE303CD8E0332" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(N
<collectingCountry id="A5676E913F563A7EEC34AB8FD9BC9112" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, oases of Western Desert and SE Eastern Desert, and
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in EC
<collectingCountry id="EC85780283D4997D48ED84DBE2B3E1E1" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(see
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); specimens with same karyotype have been collected from the Mauritanian coast, N
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, and W
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, so actual range may extend from coastal
<collectingCountry id="B5F6D1DBB811C8D40777C57824F999B3" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="E856C7248AEF3A6FF780B907EF43ABAD" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="6026CDDD08AF13CA520D35E8F78704FF" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="516B16207A9E07BB759CCAF79E00A1E5" author="Dobigny, G. &amp; S. Moulin &amp; R. Cornette &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref86151" refString="Dobigny, G., S. Moulin, R. Cornette, and J. - C. Gautun. 2001 a. Rodents from Adrar des Iforas, Mali. Chromosomal data. Mammalia, 65 (2): 215 - 220." year="2001">
Dobigny et al., 2001
<bibRefCitation id="F7DE81164A07B32131AB11B02EDA5B3E" author="Van Den Bussche, R. A. &amp; S. R. Hoofer &amp; E. W. Hansen" refId="ref363626" refString="Van Den Bussche, R. A., S. R. Hoofer, and E. W. Hansen. 2002 b. Characterization and phylogenetic utility of the mammalian protamine P 1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 22: 333 - 341." year="2002">
<emphasis id="2A265F51A96A5C7D904770B0C5D7B792" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">a, b</emphasis>
, 2002
<emphasis id="F3DB7221F4CC226667EBF9908042FBB1" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">b</emphasis>
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E0A33936412A1A4B36209D19DDC84332" pageNumber="1231">
<emphasis id="798255EB058F89331122488228512171" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="BA2015D5B516248D6B6FC1BA158D1D8C">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="769BAF50BC2B4A0E0241498E3C365F94" pageNumber="1231">
<emphasis id="5C5F7E92BD5717F4A9B5F0453690B0D9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1231">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="16BCDD6ADFAF72F42D9968080AE7751E" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">Gerbillus</emphasis>
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. Many authors have viewed this species as ranging extensively from the Sinai throughout North Africa to
<collectingCountry id="86798F89D38165BB9F923E6C73C4F6E5" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
and
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, and containing many synonyms.
<bibRefCitation id="C677847C36023E1409A0EF5A7E259791" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay (1983)</bibRefCitation>
, however, discussed the taxonomic quagmire, noting that most synonyms formerly associated with
<taxonomicName id="7CAD99B072A82934735190FE163E8FC1" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
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probably did not represent that species or are presently unidentifiable, and described the wide chromosomal variation in specimens from different geographic regions. &quot;Inasmuch as a distinctive karyotype of 2n = 38 with all biarmed elements has been reported for topotypical material and such a karyotype has not been reported from any locality outside
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, it should be assumed that
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inhabits only the region mapped by Osborn and Helmy&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="401B7A31022AABA38DBB1643B60C66BA" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207463" refString="Lay, D. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Gerbillus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with comments on the applications of generic and subgeneric names and an annotated list of species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 48: 329 - 354." year="1983">Lay, 1983:346</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="E86AEB322110299B0833FE9C16C23EF9" author="Tawill, S. A. &amp; J. Niethammer" refId="ref348057" refString="Tawill, S. A., and J. Niethammer. 1989. Uber Gerbillus pyramidum (Rodentia, Gerbillidae) im Sudan. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 54: 57 - 59." year="1989">Tawill and Niethammer (1989)</bibRefCitation>
discussed the morphological and chromosomal identification of a sample from Khartoum as most probably
<taxonomicName id="8DBFD87225D08912F94F8E9647FD54F0" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="B51B417D6CF02136519D7870214E31FB" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The chromosomal and morphometric analyses of North African samples usually identified as
<taxonomicName id="AC7BA58D9AB80B051433AAC3C66F3D42" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="E089788BC8BD5EAF95FDD9E7D0A4CAF1" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
reinforced the view that it has been recorded only from
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and
<collectingCountry id="BA33F8571E953839208C6E30D326FC07" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2677B1AA8861D9B9F307345CFF4AF9B2" author="Granjon, L. &amp; A. Bonnet &amp; W. Hamdine &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref127087" refString="Granjon, L., A. Bonnet, W. Hamdine, and V. Volobouev. 1999. Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of North African gerbils usually referred to as Gerbillus pyramidum (Gerbillinae, Rodentia): Chromosomal and biometrical data. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 64: 298 - 307." year="1999">Granjon et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
).
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Dobigny et al. (2001
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, however, reported samples with 2n = 38 from coastal
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, NE
<collectingCountry id="D13A117763804C27F10E6BABF9543139" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and NW
<collectingCountry id="D59AE9F83847408C1D1EC46FF071BDA8" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
that are &quot;probably referable to
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<emphasis id="4FBA4DB5EA9F6EBDAC53C80E67F6C169" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
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&quot; (see also
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Dobigny et al., 2002
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), and
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Granjon et al. (2002
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identified
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<emphasis id="4737AFF85631775CE21A7F965357AA69" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G</emphasis>
. cf.
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as one of the many species of
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</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="956DB09DF206C086F6E272AAE7157C14" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dipodillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B4A769A7836E063E29CC60A4FB0FEDDE" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">Dipodillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the same general region encompassing the subsahelian region of
<collectingCountry id="C6DCB7FC72F8B952774FF40FBD7BE7F2" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="609E35DD736621A8ADFD7C5EC109E77F" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and W
<collectingCountry id="DC1E5E5BDE04DF816954AFC63F22C906" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
in West Africa. Apparently the species has a wider distribution than realized, a range that overlaps that of its close relative,
<taxonomicName id="69FEDE11D7DDF934D3EEA2133F6BF56E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Gerbillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tarabuli">
<emphasis id="A0B481787667649E83308568E2126A8C" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G. tarabuli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Aspects of
<taxonomicName id="0D14EE7B4D773B0777E7D04B669558E9" authorityName="Geoffroy" authorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Dipus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyramidum">
<emphasis id="B18E55A6333A7A4E7EC7EC93BF9B95A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">G. pyramidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="3B72C10A62C93878A4745DB7CBD93A8B" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; Yu. A. Dubrovsky &amp; O. L. Rossolimo &amp; E. G. Potapova" refId="ref278052" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., Yu. A. Dubrovsky, O. L. Rossolimo, and E. G. Potapova. 1990. [Gerbils of the world.] Nauka, Moscow, 368 pp. (in Russian)." year="1990">Pavlinov et al. (1990)</bibRefCitation>
. For publication from
<bibRefCitation id="C2639B26086DC08453F3AF756668D8F2" author="Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E." refId="ref118357" refString="Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp." year="1803">Geoffroy, 1803</bibRefCitation>
see Opinion 2005 of the
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2002
<emphasis id="E0B254BE2FBB216FC52E8F67B0F46068" italics="true" pageNumber="1231">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
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