Scarturus elater - #1240
Small Five-toed Jerboa
Side view, hind limbs and tail in 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
Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region (Kyzylkum Desert)
Photographer
K Rogovin