Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae Author Mary Ellen Holden text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 487 499 book chapter 193480 10.5281/zenodo.7353072 464c8b9e-237c-4dd7-9c94-7033f742d015 1-56098-217-9 7353072 Allactaga (F. Cuvier, 1837) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:141 [1837]. TYPE SPECIES: Mus jaculus Pallas, 1778 (= Dipus sibericus major Kerr, 1792 ); see comments below. SYNONYMS: Mesoallactaga, Microallactaga, Orientallactaga, Paralactaga, Scarturus, Scirteta, Scirtetes, Scirtomys (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ; and Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987 ). COMMENTS: Does not include Allactodipus (see comment under Allactodipus bobrinskii ). Shenbrot's (1984) subgeneric classification is followed below except where noted. Subspecific revision of species occuring in the independant countries of the former USSR provided by Shenbrot (1991d) . Mus jaculus Linnaeus, 1758 is the type species of Jaculus (see comments therein).