Dipus
Genus of rodent
title: "Dipus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rodent-genera", "mammal-genera-with-one-living-species", "dipodidae", "taxa-named-by-eberhard-august-wilhelm-von-zimmermann"] description: "Genus of rodent" topic_path: "general/rodent-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of rodent ::
| image= Dipus sagitta 52745569.jpg | image_caption = Northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta) | fossil_range = Miocene - Recent | taxon = Dipus | authority = Zimmermann, 1780 | type_species = Mus sagitta | type_species_authority = Pallas, 1773 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- Dipus sagitta
- Dipus deasyi
- †Dipus conditor
- †Dipus essedum
- †Dipus fraudator
- †Dipus singularis Dipus, meaning "two foot" in Ancient Greek, is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is usually recognized, the northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta), widespread throughout Central Asia. Some authors recognize a second species, the Qaidam three-toed jerboa (Dipus deasyi) from the Qaidam Basin of western China. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene, with several extinct species known from Asia. The oldest dated species is Dipus conditor.
References
References
- (2018). "Phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of jerboa, Dipus (Rodentia, Dipodinae), in inland Asia". Zoologica Scripta.
- (2001). "The History of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Asia: 4. Dipodinae at the Miocene-Pliocene Transition". Paleontological Journal.
- (2017). "Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin". Springer Netherlands.
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