Heptner's pygmy jerboa

Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Genus:	Salpingotus
Subgenus:	Prosalpingotus
Species:	S. heptneri
Binomial name
Salpingotus heptneri Vorontsov & Smirnov, 1969

Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert.

References

1. Tsytsulina, K. (2008). Salpingotus heptneri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient

• Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.