Northern three-toed jerboa
| Northern three-toed jerboa Temporal range: Pleistocene – Recent | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dipodinae |
| Tribe: | Dipodini |
| Genus: | Dipus Zimmermann, 1780 |
| Species: | D. sagitta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773) | |
The northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Dipus. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Dipus sagitta. 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.
Further Reading
Zhou, Rong; Li, You; Li, Jia-Qi; Liu, Nai-Fa (1 June 2012). "Seasonal Changes in the Genetic Diversity of Two Rodent Populations, Midday Gerbil (Meriones meridianus) and Northern Three-Toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta), Detected by ISSR". Biochemical Genetics 50 (5-6): 350-371. doi:10.1007/s10528-011-9480-2.
Cooper, Kimberly; Wu, Shaoyuan; Zhang, Fuchun (August 2009). "Hindlimb specialization and the evolution of bipedalism in the northern three-toed jerboa, Dipus sagitta". Mechanisms of Development 126 (16th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress 2009): 248-249. doi:10.1016/j.mod.2009.06.650.