Cardiocraniinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Dipodidae, named by the Russian zoologist Boris Stepanovich Vinogradov (1891–1958) in 1925. These jumping rodents are small mammals, less than 20 cm long.
| Cardiocraniinae | |
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| Cardiocranius paradoxus on a Soviet Union stamp of 1985 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cardiocraniinae Vinogradov, 1925 |
Taxonomy edit
- Genus Cardiocranius
- Five-toed pygmy jerboa, Cardiocranius paradoxus
- Genus Salpingotulus
- Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, Salpingotulus michaelis
- Genus Salpingotus, pygmy jerboas
- Subgenus Anguistodontus
- Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus crassicauda
- Subgenus Prosalpingotus
- Heptner's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus heptneri
- Pale pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus pallidus
- Thomas's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus thomasi
- Subgenus Salpingotus
- Kozlov's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus kozlovi
- Subgenus Anguistodontus
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Cardiocraniinae.
- Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Subfamily Cardiocraniinae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 879–882. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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