Five-toed pygmy jerboa
| Five-toed pygmy jerboa | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cardiocraniinae |
| Tribe: | Cardiocraniini Vinogradov, 1925 |
| Genus: | Cardiocranius Satunin, 1903 |
| Species: | C. paradoxus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardiocranius paradoxus Satunin, 1903 | |
The five-toed pygmy jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. 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.
References
- ↑ Batsaikhan, N., Avirmed, D. & Tinnin, D. (2008). Cardiocranius paradoxus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- 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.