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Dipus

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Dipus is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is extant, the northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta), widespread throughout Central Asia. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene, with several extinct species known from Asia.[1][2] The oldest dated species is Dipus conditor.

References

  1. ^ Zazhigin, V.; Lopatin, A.V. (2001). "The History of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Asia: 4. Dipodinae at the Miocene-Pliocene Transition". Paleontological Journal. 35 (1): 60–74.
  2. ^ Wu, Wen-Yu (2017). Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin. Springer Netherlands. p. 85. ISBN 9789402410501.
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Dipus: Brief Summary

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Dipus is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is extant, the northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta), widespread throughout Central Asia. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene, with several extinct species known from Asia. The oldest dated species is Dipus conditor.

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