Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
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| Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa Fossil range: Recent |
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| Cardiocranius paradoxus Satunin, 1903 |
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.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Cardiocranius paradoxus. 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.
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