Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Salpingotus crassicauda
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Dipodidae

Where does the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Mongolia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa endangered?

The thick-tailed pygmy jerboa’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa?

The thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Dipodidae, genus Salpingotus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the thick-tailed pygmy jerboa

The thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is listed by the IUCN as being "least concern".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (revision 1373188257), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1770274 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).