| Baluchistan pygmy jerboa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cardiocraniinae |
| Genus: | Salpingotulus Pavlinov, 1980 |
| Species: | S. michaelis
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| Binomial name | |
| Salpingotulus michaelis (FitzGibbon, 1966)
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The Baluchistan pygmy jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis) or dwarf three-toed jerboa, is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is the only species in the genus Salpingotulus. Adults average only 4.3 cm (1.7 in) in head and body length, with the tail averaging 8 cm (3.1 in). Adult females weigh 3.2 g (0.11 oz).[2] It is currently considered to be endemic to Pakistan.[1] In the 1999 Guinness Book of Records, it was listed as tied for the smallest rodent in the world with the northern pygmy mouse.[3]
- ^ a b Jordan, M. (2017). "Salpingotulus michaelis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19866A22199469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19866A22199469.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ T.J. Roberts (2006). Field Guide To The Small Mammals of Pakistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 162.
- ^ The Guinness Book of Records. Guinness. 1998. p. 117. ISBN 9780851120706.