Dipodidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817

Family DIPODIDAE (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. • Palearctic and Afrotropical regions. • Deserts, semi-deserts, and steppes. • 13 genera, 35 species, 91 taxa. • 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Dipodidae, pp. 81-100 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 81, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6591722

Keywords

Dipodidae, Mammalia, Animalia, Rodentia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy

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