Euphrates Jerboa

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Euphrates Jerboa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Allactaga
Subgenus: Paralactaga
Species: A. euphratica
Binomial name
Allactaga euphratica
Thomas, 1881

The Euphrates Jerboa (Allactaga euphratica) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Allactaga euphratica. 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.