Salpingotus heptneri

Vorontsov & Smirnov, 1969

Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
Subfamily : Cardiocraniinae
Genus : Salpingotus
Subgenus : Prosalpingotus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Vorontsov, N.N. and Smirnov, V.M. 1969. _Salpingotus heptneri_ sp. n. – новый вид карликового тушканчика из Кызылкумов и обзор тушканчиков рода Salpingotus. Pp. 60–68 in Воронцов, Н.Н. (eds.). Млекопитающие. Тезисы к II Всесоюзному совещанию по млекопитащим. None, Novosibirsk.

Original name as described

Salpingotus heptneri

Type material

ZMMU S-101434

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

8 km NE Kok-Tobe, Karakalpakiya, Uzbekistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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