Tatera Lataste 1882 (large naked-soled gerbil)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Parent taxon: Gerbillinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Epimeriones, Gerbillurus, Gerbillus, Meriones, Pseudomeriones

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection), Ethiopia (3), Kenya (3), Morocco (1), South Africa (6), Sudan (1), Tanzania (6), Zambia (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (5), India (2), Kenya (3), Tanzania (3)

Total: 42 collections including 46 occurrences

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