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Dipus sagitta

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Sciurognathi
Infraordo: Myodonta
Superfamilia: Dipodoidea
Familia: Dipodidae
Subfamilia: Dipodinae
Genus: Dipus
Species: Dipus sagitta

Name

Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773)

Type locality: North Kazakhstan (Pavlodarskaya Oblast)

References

* Dipus sagitta on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* IUCN link: Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773) (Least Concern)


Vernacular names
English: Northern Three-toed Jerboa
Polski: Skoczek azjatycki

The Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Dipus. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. Dipus sagitta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 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.

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