Pygeretmus shitkovi

(Kuznetsov, 1930)

Greater 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 : Pygeretmus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuznetsov, B.A. 1930. Über eine neue Art der Pferdespringer (_Alactagulus shitkovi_ n. sp.) aus Semiretschje. Доклады Академии наук СССР 23:623-626.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/al_shitkovi.pdf

Original name as described

Alactagulus shitkovi

Other common names

Zhitkov's Jerboa

Type material

ZMMU S-14042

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rybachye, Alakulskiy Rayon, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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