What is Dipodidae?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Eocene|Recent|ref=<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Qian Li |author2=Yan-Xin Gong |author3=Yuan-Qing Wang |year=2017 |title=New dipodid rodents from the Late Eocene of Erden Obo (Nei Mongol, China) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=692–703 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2016.1232406 |s2cid=132602246 }}</ref>}} | image = Jaculus orientalis Stuffed specimen 2.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Jaculus orientalis]]'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Dipodidae | authority = [[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|Fischer de Waldheim]], 1817 | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = [[Allactaginae]]<br> [[Cardiocraniinae]]<br> [[Dipodinae]]<br> [[Euchoreutinae]]<br> [[Sicistinae]]<br> [[Zapodinae]] }} The '''Dipodidae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of small to medium-sized [[rodent]]s living in the [[northern hemisphere]]. The family has over 50 [[species]] in 16 [[genera]]. They include the [[jerboa]]s, [[Jumping mouse|jumping mice]], and [[Birch mouse|birch mice]]. Different species are found in [[grassland]], [[desert]]s, and [[forest]]s. They are all capable of ''saltation'', which is [[jumping]] from a [[bipedal]] stance. This feature is most highly evolved in the desert-dwelling jerboas. Their movement resembles that of [[kangaroo]]s more than that of [[Murinae|true mice]]. Most species are [[nocturnal]], and the [[eye]]s and [[ear]]s are noticeably larger than usual in proportion to the body. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rodents]] {{biology-stub}}