Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 871-893 : 879

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Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930 View in CoL

Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930 View in CoL , Doklady Akad. Nauk S. S. S. R., Leningrad, 1930A: 623.

Type Locality: SE Kazakhstan, Taldy-Kurgan district, on NW shore of Ala-Kul (Alakol) Lake, Rybalnoje.

Vernacular Names: Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa.

Synonyms: Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) schitkovi ( Vinogradov 1930) ; Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) zhitkovi ( Vinogradov 1937) .

Distribution: E Kazakhstan, in region of Lake Balkhash ( Corbet, 1978 c; Kuznetsov, 1965; Shenbrot et al., 1995; Sludskii, 1977).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Pygeretmus . Corbet (1978 c) regarded the emendation of shitkovi to zhitkovi invalid, but other workers disagree; there has been no ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Reviewed by Ognev (1963 b), Gromov and Erbajeva (1995), and Shenbrot et al. (1995). For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987, 1998).

References

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp.

Kuznetsov, B. A. 1965. Ordo Rodentia. Pp. 236 - 346, in Opredelitel' mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Guide to the mammals of the USSR] (Bobrinskii, N. A., Kuznetsov, B. A. and A. P. Kuzyakin, eds.). Second edition. Proveshchenie, Moscow, 382 pp. (in Russian).

Ognev, S. I. 1963 b. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1948, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 6: 1 - 508.

Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian).

Shenbrot, G. I., V. E. Sokolov, V. G. Heptner, and Yu. M. Koval'skaya. 1995. [Mammals of the fauna of Russia and contiguous countries. Dipodoid rodents.] Nauka Publishers, Moscow, 576 pp. (in Russian).

Sludskii, A. A. (ed.). 1977. Mlekopitayushchie Kazakhstana. Gryzuny (krome surkov, suslikov, zemlyanoi belki, peschanok i polevok) [Mammals of Kazakhstan. Rodents (except marmots, susliks, long clawed ground squirrels, gerbils and voles)]. Nauka, Kazakhskoi SSR, Alma-Ata, 1 (2): 1 - 536 (in Russian).

Vinogradov, B. S. 1930. [On the classification of Dipodidae (Rodentia). I. Cranial and dental characters.] Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1930: 331 - 350 (in Russian).

Vinogradov, B. S. 1937. Fauna SSSR; Mlekopitaiushchie, tom. 3, vyp. 4. Tushkanchiki. [Fauna of the USSR; Mammals, vol. 3, pt. 4. Jerboas.], 196 pp. (in Russian).