Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa

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Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Salpingotus
Subgenus: Prosalpingotus
Species: S. heptneri
Binomial name
Salpingotus heptneri
Vorontsov & Smirnov, 1969

Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

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