Back زغبة الصحراء Arabic زغبة الصحراء ARZ Aspakol (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) AVK Selevinia betpakdalaensis Byelorussian Hunegan an dezerzh Breton Selevinia betpakdalaensis Catalan Selevinia betpakdalaensis CEB Selevinia betpakdalaensis Czech Salzkrautbilch German Selevinia betpakdalaensis Spanish
| Desert dormouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Gliridae |
| Subfamily: | Leithiinae |
| Genus: | Selevinia Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939 |
| Species: | S. betpakdalaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Selevinia betpakdalaensis Belosludov & Bazhanov, 1939
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The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family, Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae, but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia.[2] It is endemic to Kazakhstan.
- ^ Tsytsulina, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Selevinia betpakdalaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20102A115156769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20102A22222666.en. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Holden, M.E. (2005). "Family Gliridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 838. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.