Lesser fat-tailed jerboa

Lesser fat-tailed jerboa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Pygeretmus
Species: P. platyurus
Binomial name
Pygeretmus platyurus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

The lesser fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to West, Central, and Eastern Kazakhstan, as well as Northwestern Turkmenistan.

Sources

  1. Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Pygeretmus platyurus". 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 least concern


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