Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Pygeretmus
Species: P. pumilio
Binomial name
Pygeretmus pumilio
(Kerr, 1792)

The Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia.

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Pygeretmus pumilio. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 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.

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