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
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7353072
Allactaga firouzi
Womochel, 1978
.
Fieldiana Zool., 72(5):65
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Iran
,
Isfahan Prov.
,
18 mi
S Shah Reza (Qomisheh),
2253 m
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the
type
locality, a flat plain with a gravel substrate and sparse, mountain steppe vegetation (
Womochel, 1978
).
COMMENTS: Not allocated to subgenus by
Shenbrot (1984)
.
A. firouzi
appears to be morphologically distinct from
A. euphratica
and
A. hotsoni
(
Womochel, 1978
)
, but its relationship with these and other species of allactagines needs further study. Shenbrot (19914) tentatively synonymized
firouzi
with
A. elater turkmeni
,
but later (in litt.) examined the
type
specimen and considered
firouzi
synonymous with
hotsoni
.