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Dipodidae

Synonyms: Dipodes; Zapodidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the Northern Hemisphere, the sole family in the superfamily Dipodoidea. This family includes over 50 species among the 16 genera.They include the jerboas, jumping mice, and birch mice. Different species are found in grassland, deserts, and forests. They are all capable of saltation (jumping while in a bipedal stance), a feature that is most highly evolved in the desert-dwelling jerboas.
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Genus

Aksyiromys (1)
Allactaga (four and five-toed jerboas) (12)
Allactodipus (Bobrinski's jerboa) (1)
Allosminthus (5)
Blentosomys (1)
Bohlinosminthus (3)
Brachyscirtetes (3)
Cardiocranius (five-toed pygmy jerboa) (1)
Dipus (northern three-toed jerboa) (3)
Elymys (2)
Eozapus (Chinese jumping mouse) (3)
Eremodipus (Lichtenstein's jerboa) (1)
Euchoreutes (long-eared jerboa) (1)
Fuchoreutes (1)
Heosminthus (6)
Heterosminthus (7)
Jaculus (desert jerboas) (6)
Javazapus (1)
Litodonomys (3)
Lophocricetus (3)
Macrognathomys (2)
Megasminthus (2)
Miosicista (1)
Napaeozapus (woodland jumping mice) (1)
Onjosminthus (1)
Orientallactaga (2)
Paradipus (comb-toed jerboa) (1)
Parasminthus (3)
Plesiosminthus (17)
Pliozapus (1)
Primisminthus (3)
Protalactaga (3)
Pygeretmus (fat-tailed jerboas) (3)
Salpingotulus (1)
Salpingotus (three-toed pygmy jerboas) (6)
Scarturus (4)
Sicista (birch mice) (16)   (3)
Simiacritomys (1)
Sinozapus (1)
Stylodipus (three-toed jerboas) (3)
Tyrannomys (1)
Ulkenulastomys (1)
Zapus (jumping mice) (8)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0