Cardiocraniinae | |
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Cardiocranius paradoxus on a Soviet Union stamp of 1985 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Myomorpha |
Family: | Dipodidae |
Subfamily: |
Cardiocraniinae Vinogradov, 1925 |
Cardiocraniinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Dipodidae, named by the Russian zoologist Boris Stepanovich Vinogradov (1891–1958) in 1925. These jumping rodents are small mammals, less than 20 cm long.