DIPODIDAE, Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Dipodidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 81-100 : 81

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6591722
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6591590
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scientific name	DIPODIDAE
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Family DIPODIDAE View in CoL

(JERBOAS)

• Small to medium-sized rodents with short forelimbs; long, strong hindlimbs for bipedal movement; and long tails often ending with black and white brushes of long hairs.

• 10-50 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic and Afrotropical regions. View Figure

• Deserts, semi-deserts, and steppes.

• 13 genera, 35 species, 91 taxa.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.