Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa
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Salpingotus crassicauda Vinogradov, 1924 |
The Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Salpingotus crassicauda. 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.