Five-toed pygmy jerboa
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| Five-toed pygmy jerboa | |
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| 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 |
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| Cardiocranius paradoxus Satunin, 1903 |
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The five-toed pygmy jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Cardiocranius.[citation needed] It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
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