Meriones malatestai Kotsakis & Burgio (year?)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Nomen nudum?
Conservation Status
Invalid (nomen nudum)?
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Lampedusa, Pelagie Islands, Italy
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kotsakis, T. and Burgio, E. (submitted). Meriones malatestai n. sp., (Gerbillidae, Rodentia), Late Pleistocene endemic species of Lampedusa island (Italy, Central Mediterranean). J. Vertebr. Paleont., Lawrence.
Other references:
Amori, Giovanni and Castiglia, Riccardo. (2018). Mammal endemism in Italy: a review. Biogeographia 33: 19-31.