Psammomys

Genus of rodents

Psammomys
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
Fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subtribe: Rhombomyina
Genus: Psammomys
Cretzschmar, 1828
Type species
Psammomys obesus
Species
  • Psammomys obesus
  • Psammomys vexillaris

Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.[1]

The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words ψάμμος (psámmos), meaning "sand", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "mouse, rat".[2][3]

The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.[4]

It contains the following species:

  • Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus
  • Thin sand rat, Psammomys vexillaris

References

  1. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Psammomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 2010035283. OCLC 461974285.
  3. ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Hargreaves, Adam D.; Zhou, Long; Christensen, Josef; Marlétaz, Ferdinand; Liu, Shiping; Li, Fang; Jansen, Peter Gildsig; Spiga, Enrico; Hansen, Matilde Thye; Pedersen, Signe Vendelbo Horn; Biswas, Shameek; Serikawa, Kyle; Fox, Brian A.; Taylor, William R.; Mulley, John Frederick; Zhang, Guojie; Heller, R. Scott; Holland, Peter W. H. (2017-07-18). "Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent reveals a mutation hotspot around the ParaHox gene cluster". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (29): 7677–7682. doi:10.1073/pnas.1702930114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5530673. PMID 28674003.
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Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini
Ammodillini
Ammodillus
  • Ammodile (A. imbellis)
Desmodilliscini
Desmodilliscus
  • Pouched gerbil (D. braueri)
Pachyuromys
  • Fat-tailed gerbil (P. duprasi)
Gerbillurini
Desmodillus
  • Cape short-eared gerbil (D. auricularis)
Gerbilliscus
  • Cape gerbil (G. afra)
  • Boehm's gerbil (G. boehmi)
  • Highveld gerbil (G. brantsii)
  • Guinean gerbil (G. guineae)
  • Gorongoza gerbil (G. inclusus)
  • Kemp's gerbil (G. kempi)
  • Bushveld gerbil (G. leucogaster)
  • black-tailed gerbil (G. nigricaudus)
  • Phillips's gerbil (G. phillipsi)
  • fringe-tailed gerbil (G. robustus)
  • savanna gerbil (G. validus)
Gerbillurus
  • Hairy-footed gerbil (G. paeba)
  • Namib brush-tailed gerbil (G. setzeri)
  • dune hairy-footed gerbil (G. tytonis)
  • bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (G. vallinus)
Tatera
  • Indian gerbil (T. indica)
Taterillini
Taterillus
  • Robbins's tateril (T. arenarius)
  • Congo gerbil (T. congicus)
  • Emin's gerbil (T. emini)
  • gracile tateril (T. gracilis)
  • Harrington's gerbil (T. harringtoni)
  • Lake Chad gerbil (T. lacustris)
  • Petter's gerbil (T. petteri)
  • Senegal gerbil (T. pygargus)
  • Tranieri's tateril (T. tranieri)
Tribe Gerbillini
Gerbillina
Dipodillus
  • Botta's gerbil (D. bottai)
  • North African gerbil (D. campestris)
  • Wagner's gerbil (D. dasyurus)
  • Harwood's gerbil (D. harwoodi)
  • James's gerbil (D. jamesi)
  • Lowe's gerbil (D. lowei)
  • Mackilligin's gerbil (D. mackilligini)
  • greater short-tailed gerbil (D. maghrebi)
  • rupicolous gerbil (D. rupicola)
  • lesser short-tailed gerbil (D. simoni)
  • Somalian gerbil (D. somalicus)
  • Khartoum gerbil (D. stigmonyx)
  • Kerkennah Islands gerbil (D. zakariai)
Gerbillus
Subgenus Hendecapleura:
  • Pleasant gerbil (G. amoenus)
  • Brockman's gerbil (G. brockmani)
  • black-tufted gerbil (G. famulus)
  • Algerian gerbil (G. garamantis)
  • Grobben's gerbil (G. grobbeni)
  • pygmy gerbil (G. henleyi)
  • Mauritanian gerbil (G. mauritaniae)
  • Harrison's gerbil (G. mesopotamiae)
  • Darfur gerbil (G. muriculus)
  • Balochistan gerbil (G. nanus)
  • large Aden gerbil (G. poecilops)
  • principal gerbil (G. principulus)
  • least gerbil (G. pusillus)
  • sand gerbil (G. syrticus)
  • vivacious gerbil (G. vivax)
  • Waters's gerbil (G. watersi)
Subgenus Gerbillus:
  • Berbera gerbil (G. acticola)
  • Agag gerbil (G. agag)
  • Anderson's gerbil (G. andersoni)
  • swarthy gerbil (G. aquilus)
  • Burton's gerbil (G. burtoni)
  • Cheesman's gerbil (G. cheesmani)
  • Dongola gerbil (G. dongolanus)
  • Dunn's gerbil (G. dunni)
  • Flower's gerbil (G. floweri)
  • lesser Egyptian gerbil (G. gerbillus)
  • Indian hairy-footed gerbil (G. gleadowi)
  • western gerbil (G. hesperinus)
  • Hoogstraal's gerbil (G. hoogstraali)
  • Lataste's gerbil (G. latastei)
  • Sudan gerbil (G. nancillus)
  • Nigerian gerbil (G. nigeriae)
  • occidental gerbil (G. occiduus)
  • pale gerbil (G. perpallidus)
  • cushioned gerbil (G. pulvinatus)
  • greater Egyptian gerbil (G. pyramidum)
  • Rosalinda gerbil (G. rosalinda)
  • Tarabul's gerbil (G. tarabuli)
Microdillus
  • Somali pygmy gerbil (M. peeli)
Rhombomyina
Brachiones
  • Przewalski's gerbil (B. przewalskii)
Meriones
Subgenus Meriones:
  • Tamarisk jird (M. tamariscinus)
Subgenus Parameriones:
  • Persian jird (M. persicus)
  • king jird (M. rex)
Subgenus Pallasiomys:
  • Arabian jird (M. arimalius)
  • Cheng's jird (M. chengi)
  • Sundevall's jird (M. crassus)
  • Dahl's jird (M. dahli)
  • Moroccan jird (M. grandis)
  • Libyan jird (M. libycus)
  • midday jird (M. meridianus)
  • Buxton's jird (M. sacramenti)
  • Shaw's jird (M. shawi)
  • Tristram's jird (M. tristrami)
  • Mongolian jird (M. unguiculatus)
  • Vinogradov's jird (M. vinogradovi)
  • Zarudny's jird (M. zarudnyi)
Subgenus Cheliones:
  • Indian desert jird (M. hurrianae)
Psammomys
  • Sand rat (P. obesus)
  • thin sand rat (P. vexillaris)
Rhombomys
  • Great gerbil (R. opimus)
incertae sedis
Sekeetamys
  • Bushy-tailed jird (S. calurus)
Taxon identifiers
Psammomys