| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Dipodidae |
| Scientific Name: | Paradipus ctenodactylus | |||
| Species Authority: | (Vinogradov, 1929) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Date Assessed: | 2008-06-30 |
| Assessor(s): | Tsytsulina, K. |
| Reviewer(s): | Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Temple, H. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) |
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Justification: A fairly widespread species with no known major threats. Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | Distributed in Karakum desert (including those near Caspian Sea, Nebit-Dag), Kyzylkum desert (including Aral sea area), and Deshte-Kevir desert (NE Iran). |
| Countries occurrence: | Native: Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan |
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| Population: | Population size can be quite high, up to 10-15 individuals per 1 km of tracking. | ||
| Current Population Trend: |  Unknown | ||
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Inhabits sandy deserts with shrubs. Fast and agile runner (up to 9 m/sec), can jump up to 3 m long and 1.5 high. Orientational vertical jumps at the same place are characteristic to the species. Makes burrows in moist sand if dry qucksand layer above is not more than 15-20 cm thick. At the entrance there is a long sand emission (up to 1,5 m). Wintering and reproduction burrows are up to 5 m long and 3 m deep. All burrows entrances except one-day-use, are plugged with sand. Feed on young shrub shoots (especially white saxaul), grass, and seeds. Most probably doesn't consume animal food at all. Feeding route could be up to 700 m. Reproduce twice per season, young females do not reproduce on the year they are born. Litter size is 1-6, 3-4 in average. Enters hibernation when temperture reach -16 to -18 C (in southern Karakum in Decmber-January). Before that active even if night temperature is -20 C. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Unknown. |
| Conservation Actions: | Occurs in some protected areas. |
| Citation: | Tsytsulina, K. 2008. Paradipus ctenodactylus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T16074A5377743. . Downloaded on 26 September 2016. |
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