TAVUShQON, mushi dupo, tavushqoniho (Dipodidae), yak navjonvari mushmonandro guyand; azrui tasnifi ilmi oilai shirkhurest, mansubi khoyandaho. Darozii tanash 5,5 —25 sm; poyhoi aqibash nisbat ba noyhoi pesh darozand. Dar SSSR 22 (az jumla dar Tojikiston 2) namudi tovushqon hast.
Znmiston tovushqon khob meravad. Tovushqon shabona yo vaqti shom khele faol meshavad. Asosan tukhm va reshai rastanihoro mekhurad. Sole yak du marotiba meafzoyad. Tovushqonho pahnkunandai bemorihoi siroyatii odamu hayvonot meboshand. G. S. Davidov.