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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Inhabit clay-sandy, clay-rubbly and clay-pebble areas of deserts, and avoid sand deserts. Hibernation is shallow, animals become active during partial thaws. Feed mostly on green parts of plants, rarely on seeds. Insects are significant part of the diet in spring. Over wintered females give up to 3 litters per season, with 2-8 (most often 3-4) young.
Range:
Distributed in Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts from Nukus latitude in the north to Bukhara oasis in the south, from Uzboi dry bed (Turkmenistan) in the west to central Kyzylkum in the east.
Conservation:
It occurs in some protected areas.