View source for Biology:Lesser fat-tailed jerboa

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| name = Lesser fat-tailed jerboa
| image = 
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Tsytsulina, K. |year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/18942/0|title=''Pygeretmus platyurus''|access-date=15 March 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern</ref>
| genus = Pygeretmus
| species = platyurus
| authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)
| synonyms = 
}}

The '''lesser fat-tailed jerboa''' (''Pygeretmus platyurus'') is a species of [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]] in the family [[Biology:Dipodidae|Dipodidae]]. It is endemic to West, Central, and Eastern Kazakhstan, as well as Northwestern Turkmenistan.

==References==
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*Wilson, D. E. and Reader, D. M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&dq=%22lesser+fat+tailed+jerboa%22 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference]. DHU Press. 2005.

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[[Category:Pygeretmus]]



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