Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa

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Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Salpingotus
Subgenus: Anguistodontus
Vorontsov & Shenbrot, 1984
Species: S. crassicauda
Binomial name
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.

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