Orientallactaga sibirica

(J. R. Forster, 1778)

Siberian Jerboa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
Subfamily : Allactaginae
Genus : Orientallactaga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forster, J.R. 1778. Beskrifning på Djuret YERBUA Capensis, med Anmårkningar om Genus Yerbuæ. Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 39:108-119.

Original name as described

Yerbua Sibirica

Other common names

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa · Siberian Five-toed Jerboa

Type locality

Torey Lakes, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Kyrgyzstan · Russia · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Allactaga to Orientallactaga

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249. · Wilson, D. E., Mittermeier, R. A. and Lacher, T. E. (2017) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7: Rodents II. Lynx Edicions

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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