Heptner's pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus heptneri'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Dipodidae. It is native to temperate
desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...
s in
Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, and possibly
Russia.
References
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Salpingotus
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Mammals described in 1969
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