Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Four-Toed Jerboa
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: Allactaga tetradactyla is found on salt marshes and clay
desert areas of coastal plains
. They are nocturnal
rodents spending most of the daylight hours in underground burrows and emerging at night to forage
.[1]
List of Habitats
:13.3Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand
Dunes
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Dipodoidea
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Waterhouse, 1842
- Family:
Dipodidae
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Waterhouse, 1842:203
- Subfamily:
Allactaginae
()
- Genus:
Allactaga
()
- F. Cuvier, 1836
- Specific name:
tetradactyla
- (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Scientific name: - Allactaga tetradactyla (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Specific name:
tetradactyla
- (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Genus:
Allactaga
(
- Subfamily:
Allactaginae
(
- Family:
Dipodidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dipodoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 23-Jan-2002
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Allactaga
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. balikunica (Balikun Jerboa) · A. bobrinskii · A. bullata (Gobi Jerboa) · A. elater (Small Five-Toed Jerboa) · A. elater elater · A. elater indica · A. elater vinogradovi · A. elator · A. euphratica (Euphrates Jerboa) · A. euphratica caprimulga · A. firouzi (Iranian Jerboa) · A. hotsoni (Hotson's Jerboa) · A. jaculus · A. major (Great Jerboa) · A. major vexillarius · A. nataliae · A. saliens · A. saltator · A. severtzovi (Severtzov's Jerboa) · A. sibirica (Mongolian Five-Toed Jerboa) · A. sibirica annulata · A. sibirica suschkini · A. tetradactyla (Four-Toed Jerboa) · A. ucrainica · A. vinogradovi (Vinogradov's Jerboa)
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Further Reading
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- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 136.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 221, p. 248, p. 250, p. 29, p. 34, p. 51, p. 57.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 533, p. 533.
- David Nicolson - ITIS Data Development Coordinator: Listed as Endangered on IUCN Red List (2000)
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
- The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai) / Dale J. Osborn, Ibrahim Helmy. [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. ENG url p. 239, p. 253, p. 327, p. 330, p. 332, p. 333, p. 337, p. 351, p. 52, p. vii, p. xii.
- Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Aulagnier, S. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482756
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-609742
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 609742
- IUCN ID: 850
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1713
Footnotes
- Aulagnier, S. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
