Paradipus ctenodactylus 

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Rodentia	Dipodidae

Scientific Name:	Paradipus ctenodactylus (Vinogradov, 1929)
Common Name(s): English – Comb-toed Jerboa

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2016
Date Assessed:	2016-08-09
Assessor(s):	Cassola, F.
Reviewer(s):	Amori, G.
Contributor(s):	Tsytsulina, K.
Justification: A fairly widespread species with no known major threats therefore is listed as Least Concern.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2008 – Least Concern (LC) Download assessment 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

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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Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	Population size can be quite high, up to 10-15 individuals per 1 km of tracking.
Current Population Trend:	Unknown
Additional data:	♦ Population severely fragmented: No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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 quicksand 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 temperature reach -16 to -18 C (in southern Karakum in December-January). Before that active even if night temperature is -20 C.
Systems:	Terrestrial
Generation Length (years):	2

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Occurs in some protected areas.

Errata [top]

Errata reason:

This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously.