Iranian Jerboa

Iranian Jerboa

Taxobox
name = Iranian Jerboa
status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Dipodidae
genus = "Allactaga"
subgenus = "Allactaga"
species = "A. firouzi "
binomial = "Allactaga firouzi"
binomial_authority = Womochel, 1978

The Iranian Jerboa ("Allactaga firouzi") is a jerboa in the subfamily Allactaginae. The species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN red list. It is only found (and known from) one small population in Iran. They were found on a flat plain with a gravel substrate and sparse, mountain steppe vegetation. It is a nocturnal animal spending the day in underground burrows. This jerboa has a vegetarian diet. It is threatened by habitat loss and restricted range.

References

*Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/855/summ Red List]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/855/dist Red List]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/855/doc Red List]


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