Euphrates Jerboa
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| Euphrates Jerboa | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Allactaga |
| Subgenus: | Paralactaga |
| Species: | A. euphratica |
| Binomial name | |
| Allactaga euphratica Thomas, 1881 |
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The Euphrates Jerboa (Allactaga euphratica) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts.
[edit] References
- ^ Kryštufek, B. (2008). Allactaga euphratica. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 February 2009.
- 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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