Greater fat-tailed jerboa

Greater fat-tailed jerboa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Pygeretmus
Species: P. shitkovi
Binomial name
Pygeretmus shitkovi
(Kuznetsov, 1930)
Synonyms

Pygeretmus zhitkovi

The greater fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

References

  1. ↑ Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Pygeretmus zhitkovi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T18944A8732611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18944A8732611.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened
  • Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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