Greater fat-tailed jerboa

Greater fat-tailed jerboa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Pygeretmus
Species: P. shitkovi
Binomial name
Pygeretmus shitkovi
(Kuznetsov, 1930)
Synonyms

Pygeretmus zhitkovi

The greater fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Pygeretmus shitkovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened


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