Ctenodactylus vali
(Val's Gundi)Overview:
Conservation Status
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Population Trend: | Unknown |  |
History:
- 1996-Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
Threats:
- 0 No threats (ongoing)
For info on these threat codes, see here.
Justification
Though there are no likely threats to the species, there is also no real information on the species range and population numbers or abundance, which makes it difficult to ascertain whether this species is truly Least Concern. Hence the reason for its conisderation as Data Deficient.
Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Magnaorder: Epitheria
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder: Anagalida
(Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975:41
- Mirorder: Simplicidentata
(Weber, 1904) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Order: Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
- Suborder: Sciuravida
McKenna & Bell, 1997
- Series: Amniota
- Family: Ctenodactylidae
(Gervais, 1853) Zittel, 1893:542 - Gundis
- Genus: Ctenodactylus
Gray, 1830
- Specific name: vali Thomas, 1902
- Scientific name: Ctenodactylus vali Thomas, 1902
- Specific name: vali Thomas, 1902
- Genus: Ctenodactylus
Gray, 1830
- Family: Ctenodactylidae
(Gervais, 1853) Zittel, 1893:542 - Gundis
- Series: Amniota
- Suborder: Sciuravida
McKenna & Bell, 1997
- Order: Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
- Mirorder: Simplicidentata
(Weber, 1904) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Grandorder: Anagalida
(Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975:41
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Magnaorder: Epitheria
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Aug-2000
Physical Description
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Distribution
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Habitat
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Biome
Terrestrial
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ctenodactylus:
There are approximately 4 species in this genus.: C. budini knighti · C. gundi (Gundi) · C. gundi gundi · C. vali (Val's Gundi)
Members of the genus Ctenochirichthys:
There are approximately 1 species in this genus.: C. longimanus
Bibliography
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
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Contributors:
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System Serial Number: 573200
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 345386
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 557
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Last Revised: March 01, 2008