| Euphrates jerboa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Scarturus |
| Species: | S. euphraticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarturus euphraticus (Thomas, 1881)
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| Synonyms | |
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Allactaga euphraticus | |
The Euphrates jerboa (Scarturus euphraticus) is a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus Scarturus.[2] They are characteristically known as hopping rodents. They have been found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and also occurs very marginally in southeastern Turkey.[3] The Euphrates jerboa's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, shrubland, and hot deserts.[4]
- ^ Dando, T.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Scarturus euphraticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T854A22201790. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T854A22201790.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Scarturus euphraticus (ASM Mammal Diversity Database #1001970)". Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ Arslan, Atilla. "C-banding and Ag-NOR Distribution Patterns in Euphrates Jerboa, Allactaga Eupharatica." Mammalia Winter 76.4 (2012): 435. ArticleReach. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.
- ^ Kryštufek, B. "Allactaga Euphratica." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. N.p., 2008. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. <http://iucnredlist.org/details/854/0>.