Jaculus blanfordi

(J. A. Murray, 1884)

Blanford's Jerboa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 14, 98

Original name as described

Dipus blanfordi

Other common names

Greater Three-toed Jerboa

Type locality

Bushire, Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan

Taxonomy notes

tentatively includes the recently described thaleri as a synonym based on morphology, although further studies are needed

Taxonomy notes citation

Darvish, J., & Hosseinie, F. (2005). New species of three-toed jerboa Jaculus thaleri sp. nov.(Dipodidae, Rodentia) from the deserts of Khorasan province, Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 1(1), 29-34. · 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

Least Concern

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