Taxonomy Profile: Paradipus (Vinogradov 1930)

Paradipus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Comb-toed Jerboas []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Paradipus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
jumping mice |
birch mice |
Jerboas |
Subfamily : Dipodinae
Genus : Paradipus
Comb-toed Jerboas |
Paradipus Direct Children(s):
Paradipus ctenodactylus
(Vinogradov 1929)
Paradipus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Mary Ellen Holden
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10023
Reference for:
Paradipus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Paradipus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Holden, Mary Ellen, and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Dipodidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
871-893
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Paradipus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Shenbrot, G. I., V. E. Sokolov, V. G. Heptner, and Yu. M. Koval'skaya
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-01-01 / 2008-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Jerboas
Page(s):
xviii + 768
Publisher:
Amerind Publishing Co.
Publication Place:
New Delhi, India
ISBN/ISSN:
5-02-004764-3/
Notes:
Translated from Russian. Robert S. Hoffmann and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Reference for:
Paradipus
Paradipus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Paradipus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Paradipodini. Shenbrot (1992) showed that Paradipus is highly differentiated from other genera in Dipodini (in which it has traditionally been placed) and appears to be most closely related to Cardiocraniinae, based on molar and mastoid characters. Study of the male reproductive tract by Pavlinov and Shenbrot (1983) supported molar and mastoid data, and those authors segregated Paradipus in its own tribe within Dipodinae, which is where Zazhigin and Lopatin (2000a) placed it in their classi...