Pygeretmus pumilio

(Kerr, 1792)

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664299

Original name as described

Dipus sibiricus pumilio

Other common names

Lesser Five-toed Jerboa · Little Earth Hare

Type locality

Indersk, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Iran · China · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001966

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Alactagulus acontion potanini

(Vinogradov, 1926)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

potanini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 11957

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

233

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Pygeretmus pumilio bullatoides

Shenbrot in Shenbrot, Sokolov, Heptner, & Koval'skaya, 1995

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

bullatoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-133853

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

511

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Pygeretmus pumilio iliensis

Shenbrot in Shenbrot, Sokolov, Heptner, & Koval'skaya, 1995

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

iliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-143393

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Pygeretmus pumilio selevini

Shenbrot in Shenbrot, Sokolov, Heptner, & Koval'skaya, 1995

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

selevini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-143428

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Alactagulus acontion turcomanus

(Heptner & Samorodov, 1939)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

turcomanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-28465

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-28465

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactagulus pygmaeus aralensis

(Ognev, 1948)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-84586

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-84586

Authority page

268

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactagulus pygmaeus tanaiticus

(Ognev, 1948)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

tanaiticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-95889

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-95889

Authority page

266

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus pygmaeus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lichtenstein (1823:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)

Alactaga pygmœus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pygmoeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Alactaga (Scirteta) Acontion

(J. F. von Brandt, 1844)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

acontion

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978084

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Brandt (1844:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45978084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67172)

Alactagulus pumilio

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Pygeretmus pumilio

Holden & Musser, 2005

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18943/115145777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pygeretmus pumilio aralensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

aralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

202

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Pygeretmus pumilio potanini

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

potanini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

202

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Pygeretmus pumilio pumilio

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus jaculus var. minor

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495124

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Mus jaculus pygmaea

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495112

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Mus Iaculus var. pygmea

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pygmea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495216

Authority publication

Erlangen

Dipus sibiricus pumilio

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664299

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus acontion

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

acontion

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114115

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus minutus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18057261

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Dipus acontion brachyotis

(Ostrouchov, 1889)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Kazan

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactagulus acontion dinniki

(Satunin, 1920)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

dinniki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Trav. Mus. Georg. Tiflis

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Alactagulus acontion pallidus

(Vinogradov in Vinogradov & Argyropulo, 1941)

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

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