Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773)

Augugliaro, Claudio, Paniccia, Chiara, Janchivlamdan, Choikhand, Monti, Ibra E., Boldbaatar, Turmunkh & Munkhtsog, Bariusha, 2019, Mammal inventory in the Mongolian Gobi, with the southeasternmost documented record of the Snow Leopard, Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775), in the country, Check List 15 (4), pp. 565-578 : 573-574

Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773)

Records. One individual was recorded in August 08, 2017 in the monitoring site LSH16 (43°11.039′ N, 105°45.276′ E – 10:10 am); Figure 5L.

Identification. We based the identification on morphometric and qualitative characters. This species has a lon- ger tail compared to other jerboa species occurring in

the area. The tail has a well developed black and white flag. The ears are considerably shorter than any similar species. The hind feet have 3 toes ( Smith et al. 2010, Batsaikhan 2014).