Salpingotus crassicauda

Vinogradov, 1924

Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa

Also as Dzungarian Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa, Gobi Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa.
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Location:Mongolia, Govi-Altai province, Eej Khairkhan Uul (Mother Mountain) 44° 56.088'N 96° 15.097'EDate taken:8 September 2016Description:Also as Dzungarian Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa, Gobi Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa.

Distribution :

Steppes and deserts of NW China (Xinjiang, Nei Mongol, and Gansu), S and SW Mongolia, and adjacent E Kazakhstan in Lake Zaysan basin.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4720

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Dipodoidea
Family: Dipodidae
Subfamily: Cardiocraniinae
Genus: Salpingotus
Subgenus: Anguistodontus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Vinogradov, B.S. 1924. A second interesting species of Mongolian gerboa of the genus Salpingotus Vinogr. (Salpingotus crassicauda sp. n.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 61:150-152.

Original name as described

Salpingotus crassicauda

Other common names

Dzungarian Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa · Gobi Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa

Type material

ZIN S. 13257

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Shara-Sumé, N Xinjiang, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Kazakhstan · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001977

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Salpingotus crassicauda

Vinogradov, 1924

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

crassicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 13257

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Schara-sumé, Gobi-Altai, about 160 kilometers south of the Russia-Mongolian border

Type locality

China: Xinjiang.

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Holden (1993:491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
Smith & Xie (2008:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Shenbrot, Sokolov, Geptner & Koval'skaya (2008:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64148)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19863/22201124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Salpingotus crassicauda gobicus

Sokolov & Shenbrot, 1988

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

gobicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-139785

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

в окрестностях колодца Джаггалант-Худукх (50 км юго-восточней пос. Джун-Баян), Восточно-Гобийский аймак, МНР

Type locality

Mongolia.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-139785

Authority page

1567

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
Shenbrot, Sokolov, Geptner & Koval'skaya (2008:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64148)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Salpingotus crassicauda crassicauda:

Shenbrot, Sokolov, Heptner, & Koval'skaya, 2008

Family

Dipodidae

Root name

crassicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Enfield

Name usages

Shenbrot, Sokolov, Geptner & Koval'skaya (2008:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64148)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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