Allactaga euphratica Thomas, 1881

Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 487-499 : 488

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scientific name	Allactaga euphratica Thomas, 1881
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Allactaga euphratica Thomas, 1881 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 8: 15.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iraq .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppe and semi-desert from Turkey, Syria, E Jordan, east to N Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; north through Iraq to the Caucasus; N Iran; E Afghanistan. Figured by Harrison and Bates (1991).

SYNONYMS: caprimulgo, laticeps, schmidti, williamsi (see Corbet, 1978c).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Paralactaga . Many authors incorrectly employ the name williamsi for this species. Following Corbet (1978c: 155) A. euphratica is considered a distinct species from A. hotsoni . Reviewed by Ognev (1963b). Detailed habitat data provided by Naumov and Lobachev (1975).

References

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp.

Naumov, N. P., and V. S. Lobachev. 1975. Ecology of desert rodents of the U. S. S. R. (Jerboas and Gerbils). Pp. 465 - 598, in Rodents in desert environments (I. Prakash and P. K. Gosh, eds.). Monographiae Biologicae, 28: 1 - 624.

Ognev, S. I. 1963 b. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1948, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 6: 1 - 508.