Dipodidae

Belongs within: Myomorpha.

The Dipodidae include the jerboas of Africa and Asia. These desert-dwelling rodents are bipedal jumpers, with greatly enlongate hind limbs and shortened front limbs. In many species, the metatarsals of the hind foot are fused to form a single cannon bone, and the hind toes are reduced in number.

<==Dipodidae [Dipodinae]IT07
    |  i. s.: ProtalattagaB74
    |           |--P. grabauiL78
    |           `--P. tunggurensisDW04
    |         Elymys Emry & Korth 1989SM93
    |           `--E. complexusOB13
    |         Plesiosminthus Viret 1926SM93
    |           `--P. geringensisTS96
    |--+--+--Allactodipus bobrinskiiFS15
    |  |  `--PygeretmusFS15
    |  |       |--P. platyurusFS15
    |  |       `--+--P. pumilioFS15
    |  |          `--P. zhitkoviFS15
    |  `--+--Euchoreutes nasoFS15
    |     `--+--Eozapus setchuanusFS15
    |        `--+--Napaeozapus insignisFS15
    |           `--Zapus [Zapodinae]FS15
    |                |  i. s.: Z. burti Hibbard 1941MH03
    |                |         Z. sandersi Hibbard 1956MH03
    |                |--*Z. hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)H48, FS15, H48 [=Dipus hudsoniusH48]
    |                |    |--Z. h. hudsoniusB75
    |                |    |--Z. h. americanusF37
    |                |    |--Z. h. intermedius Krutzsch 1954B75
    |                |    `--Z. h. pallidusB75
    |                `--+--Z. princepsFS15
    |                   `--Z. trinotatusFS15
    `--+--Allactaga Cuvier 1836FS15, M02
       |    |  i. s.: A. jaculusJ63
       |    |         ‘Larus’ priscus Giebel 1847M02
       |    |--A. tetradactylaFS15
       |    |--+--A. euphraticaFS15
       |    |  `--A. williamsiFS15
       |    |--+--A. sibiricaFS15
       |    |  `--+--A. balikunicaFS15
       |    |     `--A. bullataFS15
       |    `--+--A. elaterFS15
       |       |    |--A. e. elaterB74
       |       |    `--A. e. indicaB74
       |       |--A. firouziFS15
       |       |--A. hotsoniFS15
       |       |--A. majorFS15
       |       |--A. severtzoviFS15
       |       `--A. vinogradoviFS15
       `--+--+--Paradipus ctenodactylusFS15
          |  `--+--Cardiocranius paradoxusFS15
          |     `--SalpingotusFS15
          |          |  i. s.: S. thomasiBP87
          |          |--S. michaelisFS15
          |          `--+--S. crassicaudaFS15
          |             |--S. heptneriFS15
          |             |--S. kozloviFS15
          |             `--S. pallidusFS15
          `--+--Eremodipus lichtensteiniFS15
             |--StylodipusIT07
             |    |--S. sungorusFS15
             |    `--+--S. andrewsiFS15
             |       `--S. telumFS15
             |--JaculusB74
             |    |  i. s.: J. turcmenicusIT07
             |    |--J. orientalisFS15
             |    `--+--J. blanfordiFS15
             |       `--J. jaculusFS15
             `--DipusFS15
                  |--D. aegyptiusT66
                  |--D. alactagaO00
                  |--D. caferO00
                  |--D. gerbillusO00
                  |--D. gerboaO00
                  `--D. sagittaIT07

*Type species of generic name indicated

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[O00] Olivier, M. 1800. Observations sur les gerboises. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societé Philomathique de Paris 2 (40): 121.

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[T66] Tristram, H. B. 1866. Report on the mammals of Palestine. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 84–93.