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Harrington's Gerbil
Taterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906)
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
Harrington's gerbil or Harrington's tateril (Taterillus harringtoni) is a species of rodent found in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with Emin's gerbil, because it has the same karyotype.
Wikipedia contributors, Harrington's gerbil; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:35:50.552135+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Taterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906)
- Name authority
- (Thomas, 1906)
- Common name
- Harrington's Gerbil
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Taterillus
- 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
- genusTaterillus Thomas, 1910
- speciesTaterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Taterillus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Emin's TaterilTaterillus emini (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Petter's TaterilTaterillus petteri Sicard, Tranier & Gautun, 1988 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Senegal TaterilTaterillus pygargus (F. Cuvier, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robbins's TaterilTaterillus arenarius Robbins, 1974 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo TaterilTaterillus congicus Thomas, 1915 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gracile TaterilTaterillus gracilis (Thomas, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lake Chad TaterilTaterillus lacustris (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tranieri's TaterilTaterillus tranieri Dobigny, Granjon, Aniskin, Ba & Volobouev, 2003 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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=633013 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:54YXS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.