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Lowe's Dipodil
Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lowe's gerbil (Dipodillus lowei) is distributed mainly in Sudan; Jebel Marra. Less than 250 individuals of this species are thought to persist in the wild. It is named after the collector Willoughby Prescott Lowe.
Wikipedia contributors, Lowe's gerbil; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:43:22.168322+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)
- Name authority
- (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)
- Common name
- Lowe's Dipodil
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Dipodillus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyGerbillinae Gray, 1825
- genusDipodillus Lataste, 1881
- subgenusPetteromys Pavlinov, 1982
- speciesDipodillus (Petteromys) lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dipodillus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Wagner's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harwood's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) harwoodi (Thomas, 1901) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| James's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) jamesi (Harrison, 1967) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mackilligin's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) mackilligini Thomas, 1904 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rupicolous DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) rupicola (Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev & Sicard, 2002) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Khartoum DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) stigmonyx (Heuglin, 1877) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kerkennah Islands DipodilDipodillus (Dipodillus) zakariai Cockrum, Vaughn & Vaughn, 1976 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Short-tailed GerbilDipodillus (Dipodillus) simoni (Lataste, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Botta's DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) bottai (Lataste, 1882) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large North African GerbilDipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Levaillant, 1857) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somalian DipodilDipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus (Thomas, 1910) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gerbillus lowei (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970778 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36PL7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.