Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa – Salpingotus crassicauda

Salpingotus crassicaudaVinogradov, 1924

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Subgenus Anguistodontus. Populations south of Lake Balkhash and north of Aral Sea previously included in S. crassicauda now recognized as a distinct species, S. pallidus. Reviewed by Ognev (1963b). Taxonomic study of Mongolia and Zaysan Basin populations provided by Sokolov and Shenbrot (1988). Karyotype elaborated by Vorontsov et al. (1969d). Reviewed by Ognev (1963b), Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.