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Tatera

Description

The Indian gerbil (Tatera indica) also known as "antelope rat", is a species of gerbil in the family Muridae.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatera, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2438131https://www.gbif.org/species/2438131
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41882https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41882
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Tatera
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
-EumuroidaSteppan et al. 2004
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyGerbillinae
genusTateraLataste 1882
Common Namelarge naked-soled gerbil
Scientific NameTatera Lataste, 1882
Name Published InLe Naturaliste, Paris vol.2 p.126
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tateragenusbelongs to CricetidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Tateragenusbelongs to Gerbillinaestated with evidenceSteppan et al., 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, insectivore (based on Muridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level
Common Name(s) Large Naked-soled Gerbil, Large Naked-soled Gerbils
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatera

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tatera indica
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Tatera miniscula
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1882Tatera Lataste p. 126
1997Tatera McKenna and Bell
2004Tatera Steppan et al. p. 539

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Steppan S. J., Adkins R. M., et al (2004) Phylogeny and divergence-date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes, Systematic Biology 53 4, 533-553
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Rosevear, D. R., 1969: null. The Rodents of West Africa. 604. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Le Naturaliste, 2, no. 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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