Dipus

Dipus; Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
	Northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Tribe:	Dipodini
Genus:	Dipus; Zimmermann, 1780
Species
	Dipus sagitta; †Dipus conditor; †Dipus essedum; †Dipus fraudator; †Dipus singularis;

Dipus is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is extant, the northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta), widespread throughout Central Asia. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene, with several extinct species known from Asia.[1][2] The oldest dated species is Dipus conditor.

References

Zazhigin, V.; Lopatin, A.V. (2001). "The History of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Asia: 4. Dipodinae at the Miocene-Pliocene Transition". Paleontological Journal. 35 (1): 60–74.
Wu, Wen-Yu (2017). Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin. Springer Netherlands. p. 85. ISBN 9789402410501.

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[1] Zazhigin, V.; Lopatin, A.V. (2001). "The History of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Asia: 4. Dipodinae at the Miocene-Pliocene Transition". Paleontological Journal. 35 (1): 60–74.

[2] Wu, Wen-Yu (2017). Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin. Springer Netherlands. p. 85. ISBN 9789402410501.