Editing Jerboa (section)

==Taxonomy==
Jerboas, as previously defined, were thought to be [[Paraphyly|paraphyletic]], with the jumping mice ([[Zapodidae]]) and [[Birch mouse|birch mice]] ([[Sminthidae]]) also being classified in the family Dipodidae. However, phylogenetic analysis split all three as distinct families, leaving just the jerboas in Dipodidae and revealing them to be a monophyletic group.

This animal has a body length (including the head) of between {{convert|4|and|26|cm|in|abbr=on}}, with an additional {{convert|7|–|30|cm|in|abbr=on}} of tail, which is always longer than the full body.

Jerboa dental records reveal a slow increase in crown heights, which corresponds to a more open and drier ecosystem.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Shaoyuan |last2=Zhang |first2=Fuchun |last3=Edwards |first3=Scott V. |last4=Wu |first4=Wenyu |last5=Ye |first5=Jie |last6=Bi |first6=Shundong |last7=Ni |first7=Xijun |last8=Quan |first8=Cheng |last9=Meng |first9=Jin |last10=Organ |first10=Chris L. |date=July 2014 |title=THE EVOLUTION OF BIPEDALISM IN JERBOAS (RODENTIA: DIPODOIDEA): ORIGIN IN HUMID AND FORESTED ENVIRONMENTS: BRIEF COMMUNICATION |url=https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/68/7/2108/6852627 |journal=Evolution |volume=68 |issue=7 |pages=2108–2118 |doi=10.1111/evo.12404|pmid=24628052 }}</ref>