Scarturus elater - #80
Small Five-toed Jerboa
Side view. Formerly Allactaga elater.
Geographic Distribution
SW Pakistan; Afghanistan; Iran; E Turkey; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, N Caucasus, north along W Caspian Sea to Lower Volga south to Turkmenistan, east through Kazakhstan to NE Xinjiang, Nei Mongol, and N Gansu, China, and western Mongolia, in desert and semi-desert zones
Order/Family
Dipodidae
Genus
Scarturus
Specific Epithet
elater
Image Location
USA, DC, Washington, National Zoological Park
Photographer
JF Eisenberg