Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 871-893 : 879

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scientific name	Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930
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Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) shitkovi Kuznetsov 1930 , Doklady Akad. Nauk S. S. S. R., Leningrad, 1930A: 623.

Type Locality: SE Kazakhstan, Taldy-Kurgan district, on NW shore of Ala-Kul (Alakol) Lake, Rybalnoje.

Vernacular Names: Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa.

Synonyms: Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) schitkovi ( Vinogradov 1930) ; Pygeretmus (Pygeretmus) zhitkovi ( Vinogradov 1937) .

Distribution: E Kazakhstan, in region of Lake Balkhash ( Corbet, 1978 c; Kuznetsov, 1965; Shenbrot et al., 1995; Sludskii, 1977).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Pygeretmus . Corbet (1978 c) regarded the emendation of shitkovi to zhitkovi invalid, but other workers disagree; there has been no ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Reviewed by Ognev (1963 b), Gromov and Erbajeva (1995), and Shenbrot et al. (1995). For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987, 1998).