Greater fat-tailed jerboa
The greater fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.
| Greater fat-tailed jerboa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Pygeretmus |
| Species: | P. shitkovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygeretmus shitkovi (Kuznetsov, 1930) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pygeretmus zhitkovi | |
References
- Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Pygeretmus zhitkovi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T18944A8732611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18944A8732611.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened
- Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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