Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Taxobox
name = Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
fossil_range = Recent


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Dipodidae
subfamilia = Cardiocraniinae
tribus = Cardiocraniini
tribus_authority = Vinogradov, 1925
genus = "Cardiocranius"
genus_authority = Satunin, 1903
species = "C. paradoxus"
binomial = "Cardiocranius paradoxus"
binomial_authority = Satunin, 1903
synonyms = The Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa ("Cardiocranius paradoxus") is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Cardiocranius".It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.Its natural habitat is temperate desert.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3858/all Cardiocranius paradoxus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*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.