NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa
Allactaga (Orientallactaga) sibirica (Forster, 1778)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Mongolian five-toed jerboa or Siberian jerboa (Allactaga sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae.
It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is the most widespread member of the subgenus Orientallactaga.
Wikipedia contributors, Mongolian five-toed jerboa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:27:30.993505+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Allactaga (Orientallactaga) sibirica (Forster, 1778)
- Name authority
- (Forster, 1778)
- Common name
- Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Dipodidae
- Genus
- Allactaga
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyDipodoidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- familyDipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- subfamilyAllactaginae Vinogradov, 1925
- genusAllactaga F. Cuvier, 1837
- subgenusOrientallactaga Shenbrot, 1984
- speciesAllactaga (Orientallactaga) sibirica (Forster, 1778)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Allactaga. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Small Five-toed JerboaAllactaga (Allactaga) elater (Lichtenstein, 1828) | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balikun JerboaAllactaga (Orientallactaga) balikunica Hsia & Fang, 1964 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gobi JerboaAllactaga (Orientallactaga) bullata G. M. Allen, 1925 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euphrates JerboaAllactaga (Paralactaga) euphratica Thomas, 1881 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hotson's Five-toed JerboaAllactaga (Allactaga) hotsoni Thomas, 1920 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Severtzov's JerboaAllactaga (Allactaga) severtzovi Vinogradov, 1925 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allactaga toussi Darvish, Hajjar, Matin, Haddad & Akbary rad, 2008 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vinogradov's JerboaAllactaga (Allactaga) vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941 | DipodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Allactaga grisescens Hollister, 1912 Hollister, 1912 | synonym |
| Allactaga ruckbeili Thomas, 1914 Thomas, 1914 | synonym |
| Allactaga suschkini Satunin, 1900 Satunin, 1900 | synonym |
| Dipus annulatus Milne-Edwards, 1867 Milne-Edwards, 1867 | synonym |
| Dipus brachyurus Blainville, 1817 Blainville, 1817 | synonym |
| Dipus halticus Illiger, 1825 Illiger, 1825 | ambiguous synonym |
| Dipus saltator Eversmann, 1848 Eversmann, 1848 | synonym |
| Mus saliens Shaw, 1790 Shaw, 1790 | synonym |
| Allactaga saltator dementiewi Toktosunov, 1958 Toktosunov, 1958 | synonym |
| Allactaga sibirica altorum Ognev, 1946 Ognev, 1946 | synonym |
| Allactaga sibirica bulganensis Shenbrot, 1991 Shenbrot, 1991 | synonym |
| Allactaga sibirica semideserta Bannikov, 1947 Bannikov, 1947 | synonym |
| Mus jaculus media Pallas, 1779 Pallas, 1779 | synonym |
| Dipus alactaga Olivier, 1800 Olivier, 1800 | synonym |
| Allactaga mongolica longior Miller, 1911 Miller, 1911 | synonym |
| Allactaga sibirica ognevi Shenbrot, 1991 Shenbrot, 1991 | synonym |
| Dipus jaculus mongolica Radde, 1861 Radde, 1861 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=609741 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:BSW3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.