Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Encyclopedia
The Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus) is a species of rodent
in the Dipodidae
family. It is endemic to West, Central, and Eastern Kazakhstan
, as well as Northwestern Turkmenistan
.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the Dipodidae
Dipodidae
The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the northern hemisphere. This family includes over 50 species among the 16 genera....
family. It is endemic to West, Central, and Eastern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, as well as Northwestern Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
.
Sources
- Wilson, D. E. and Reader, D. M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. DHU Press. 2005.