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Allactaga (jerboa)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Allactaga was named by Cuvier (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dipodidae by Mirza (1965); and to Allactaginae by Nesin and Kovalchuk (2017).

Species
A. fru, Mus longipes
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. euphratica, A. jaculus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus longipes Linnaeus p. 62
1836Allactaga Cuvier p. 133
1965Allactaga Mirza p. 208
2017Allactaga Nesin and Kovalchuk p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
genusAllactagaCuvier 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Allactaga Cuvier 1836 [jerboa]
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†Allactaga fru Nesin and Kovalchuk 2017
Invalid names: Mus longipes Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: see also Mares 1993g
Created: 2012-05-15 12:35:05
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:24:13
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.09000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.16 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Allactaga sp. (39409)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine (Odessa) Allactaga fru (168005)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia Region) Allactaga ucrainica (36004)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Mongolia Allactaga sp. (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ukraine Allactaga jaculus (41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Hebei) Allactaga sibirica (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye Allactaga euphratica (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Oltenia) Allactaga sp. (39422)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Allactaga euphratica (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Allactaga saltator (38712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Allactaga jaculus (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Allactaga jaculus (197461)