Cardiocraniinae
Cardiocranius paradoxus on a Soviet Union stamp of 1985
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Subfamily:	Cardiocraniinae Vinogradov, 1925

Cardiocraniinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Dipodidae, named by the Russian zoologist Boris Stepanovich Vinogradov (1891–1958) in 1925. These jumping rodents are small mammals, less than 20 cm long.

Taxonomy[edit]

• Genus Cardiocranius
  • Five-toed pygmy jerboa, Cardiocranius paradoxus
• Genus Salpingotulus
  • Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, Salpingotulus michaelis
• Genus Salpingotus, pygmy jerboas
  • Subgenus Anguistodontus
    • Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus crassicauda
  • Subgenus Prosalpingotus
    • Heptner's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus heptneri
    • Pale pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus pallidus
    • Thomas's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus thomasi
  • Subgenus Salpingotus
    • Kozlov's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus kozlovi

References[edit]

• Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Subfamily Cardiocraniinae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 879–882. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.