Holotype of Taterillus melanops

Date Collected:

1909-08-11

Africa: Kenya | arid plains by the Mweru (Meru) River

Current Identification
Taterillus harringtoni (Thomas, 1906)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Common Name(s): Harrington's gerbil; Harrington's tateril
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Taxonomic Cards
Previous Identification
Taterillus melanops G. M. Allen, 1912
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Determiner: Glover M. Allenlinked data icon on 1912-04-30
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is date of publication

Media type: text; Allen 1912 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LIV no. 14;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Allen 1912 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LIV no. 14

  • additional number: 108

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-28
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-14   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class other [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-28

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000169 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • arid plains by the Mweru (Meru) River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • British East Africa, Mweru River
  • Georeference:
  • -0.1776020°, 37.8084310° (Error radius: 98752m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-10-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1909-08-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 11-Aug-1909
  • Collector:
  • Glover M. Allenlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 8126;  8127;  8128;  8129;  8130;  8131;  8132;  8133;  8134;  8135;  8136;  8137;  8138;  8139;  8140;  8141;  8142;  8143;  8144;  8145;  8146;  8147;  8148;  8149;  8150 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.215;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:8126 Grammomys ochraceus Holotype to ...

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