Scarturus caprimulga
(Ellerman, 1948)
Afghan Five-toed Jerboa
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Dipodoidea |
| Family | : Dipodidae |
| Subfamily | : Allactaginae |
| Genus | : Scarturus |
| Subgenus | : Paralactaga |
Species status
Authority citation
Ellerman, J.R., 2nd Baronet. 1948-11. Key to the rodents of South-West Asia in the British Museum collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118(3):765-816.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00406.xOriginal name as described
Allactaga williamsi caprimulga
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1947.373
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d5ff442-fdc9-49ff-b05e-33b237fe3402Type locality
"Shibar Pass, Afghanistan."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Iran · Afghanistan
Taxonomy notes
split from S. williamsi and has been included under S. euphraticus
Taxonomy notes citation
Lebedev, V. S., Shenbrot, G. I., Krystufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Melnikova, M. N., Solovyeva, E. N., ... & Bannikova, A. A. (2022). Phylogenetic relations and range history of jerboas of the Allactaginae subfamily (Dipodidae, Rodentia). Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-15.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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