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1919.3.1.5

Classification
Scientific name: Gerbillus cheesmani
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: cheesmani
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae
Location
Locality: Near Basra, Lower Euphrates, near sea level / Mesopotamia /
Country: Iraq
Continent: Asia
Higher geography: Asia; Iraq
Collection event
Recorded by: Major Robert E. Cheesman
Collection date: 21 / 8 / 1917
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Gerbillus cheesmani Yes
Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, [M.R.] O. 1919 No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1919.3.1.5
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3603186
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Life stage: adult
Record
Occurrence ID: 0af9e3ab-695d-4f98-9f60-408588020dbc
Modified: 2022-03-02T16:10:36+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T21:34:50+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T21:34:50+00:00
Last updated 2022-03-02T16:10:36+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb