Heptner's pygmy jerboa
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Species: | S. heptneri
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Salpingotus heptneri Vorontsov & Smirnov, 1969
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Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Salpingotus heptneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.