Jerboa
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Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to be found in hot deserts.
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Baluchistan pygmy jerboa
phylum | Chordata | The Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, or the dwarf three-toed jerboa, (Salpingotulus michaelis) is endemic to Pakistan. Adults average only 4.4 cm (1.7 in) in head and body length, with the tail averaging 8 cm (3.1 in). Adult females weigh 3.75 g (0.132 oz). In the 2010 Guinness World Book of Records, it was listed as tied for the smallest rodent in the world with the African pygmy mouse.
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Rodentia | |
family | Dipodidae | |
genus | Salpingotulus | |
species | S. michaelis |