Gerbilliscus (Taterona) validus (Bocage 1890)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1221

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scientific name	Gerbilliscus (Taterona) validus (Bocage 1890)
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[Gerbilliscus (Taterona)] validus (Bocage 1890) , J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, 2 (5): 6.

Type Locality: Angola, Rio Cuando, Ambaca, Quissange, Caconda.

Vernacular Names: Southern Savanna Gerbil.

Synonyms: Gerbilliscus (Taterona) liodon (Thomas 1902) ; Gerbilliscus (Taterona) neavei (Wroughton 1907) ; Gerbilliscus (Taterona) taborae (Kershaw 1921) .

Distribution: Southern savanna from Angola ( Crawford-Cabral, 1998) through S Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, and SW Tanzania to S Kenya (between the Rift Valley and coast).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Tatera valida .

Discussion: Subgenus Taterona . Revised by Bates (1988) as Tatera validus validus . Allopatric with and closely related to the West African G. kempi (see that account). Discriminant function analyses comparing Angolan G. validus and G. leucogaster provided by Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1991).