Four-toed jerboa

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Four-toed Jerboa

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Genus:	Allactaga
Subgenus:	Scarturus Gloger, 1841
Species:	A. tetradactyla

Binomial name

Allactaga tetradactyla
Lichtenstein, 1823

The Four-toed Jerboa (Allactaga tetradactyla) is a small jumping desert rodent. This species of jerboa is endangered and lives in coastal salt marshes, and dry and clay deserts. It has long hind legs, short front legs, and long ears about the length of its head. Its fur is the color of the sand it burrows in, with a white underbelly.

[edit] References

Aulagnier (2004). Allactaga tetradactyla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient
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.

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Extant species of family Dipodidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Myomorpha · Superfamily: Dipodoidea

Sicistinae

Sicista
(Birch mice)

Zapodinae
(Jumping mice)

Eozapus	Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus)

Napaeozapus	Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)

Zapus	Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) · Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) · Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

Allactaginae
(Jerboas)

Allactaga	Subgenus Allactaga: Small Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga elater) · Iranian Jerboa (Allactaga firouzi) · Hotson's Jerboa (Allactaga hotsoni) · Great Jerboa (Allactaga major) · Svertzov's Jerboa (Allactaga severtzovi) · Vinogradov's Jerboa (Allactaga vinogradovi) Subgenus Orientallactaga: Balikun Jerboa (Allactaga balikunica) · Gobi Jerboa (Allactaga bullata) · Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga sibirica) Subgenus Paralactaga: Euphrates Jerboa (Allactaga euphratica) · Williams's Jerboa (Allactga williamsi) Subgenus Scarturus: Four-toed jerboa (Allactaga tetradactyla)

Allactodipus	Bobrinski's Jerboa (Allactodipus bobrinskii)

Pygeretmus	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus) · Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio) · Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi)

Cardiocraniinae
(Jerboas)

Cardiocranius	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus)

Salpingotulus	Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis)

Salpingotus	Subgenus Anguistodontus: Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) Subgenus Prosalpingotus: Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) · Pale Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus pallidus) · Thomas's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus thomasi) Subgenus Salpingotus: Kozlov's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus kozlovi)

Dipodinae
(Jerboas)

Dipus	Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta)

Eremodipus	Lichtenstein's Jerboa (Eremodipus lichtensteini)

Jaculus	Blanford's Jerboa (Jaculus blanfordi) · Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) · Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)

Stylodipus	Andrews's Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus andrewsi) · Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus sungorus) · Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus telum)

Paradipus	Comb-toed Jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus)