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A house sparrow having a dust bath Sparrows dust bathing. Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. [1]
Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats.
The greater Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus pyramidum) is a small rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to northern Africa where it inhabits sandy deserts, semi-arid areas and oases . It is a common species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of " least concern ".
Great gerbils live in family groups and occupy one burrow per family. [3] Their burrows can be fairly extensive with separate chambers for nests and food storage. Great gerbils spend considerably more time in the burrows during winter, but do not hibernate. They are predominantly diurnal. Food consists mostly of vegetable matter. [2]
Tarabul's gerbil is a nocturnal species that digs complex, shallow burrows (15–25 cm in length) in the sand and which plugs the entrance to its burrow during the day. It breeds during throughout the rainy season, July to September, beginning breeding at the end of the coll dry season in April and ending at the start of the cool dry season in ...
Males do not become sexually mature for about 70–80 days, while the vaginal opening occurs in females about 33–50 days after birth. [30] For other gerbils such as the hairy footed gerbil, sexual maturity has a slightly earlier and longer window of 60-90 [31] days in comparison with a later and shorter window for Mongolian gerbils, 70–84 ...
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It is also known as the pallid gerbil. The pale gerbil has pale orange fur, with white underparts, white forelimbs and white feet. The ears are unpigmented and the soles of the feet are haired, which is a characteristic of sand-dwelling gerbils. [2] It averages 22 to 27 cm in length, and weights 26-49 g. [2]