Scarturus
Genus of rodents
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Scarturus is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae.[1] It contains the following species:[note 1]
- Small five-toed jerboa (Scarturus elater)
- Euphrates jerboa (Scarturus euphraticus)
- Four-toed jerboa (Scarturus tetradactyla)
- Vinogradov's jerboa (Scarturus vinogradovi)
- Williams's jerboa (Scarturus williamsi)
| Scarturus | |
|---|---|
| |
| A four-toed jerboa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Subfamily: | Allactaginae |
| Genus: | Scarturus Gloger, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Dipus tetradactyla Lichtenstein, 1823 | |
| Species | |
|
Scarturus elater | |
Notes
- The list is based on The Third edition of Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World (2005) except where both the Mammal Diversity Database and IUCN agree on the change.
