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The greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. [2] It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and is possibly extinct in the Negev Desert of Israel. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and arable land.
The lesser Egyptian jerboa can travel long distances in search of food, up to ten kilometres a day, which it easily covers thanks to its large feet and hopping stride; the jerboa is known to leap up to three metres in a single bound. Lesser Egyptian Gerbil from South Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Jerboa fur is fine, and usually the colour of sand. This colour usually matches the jerboa habitat (an example of cryptic colouration ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some species of the jerboa family have long ears like a rabbit , whilst others have ears that are short like those of a mouse or rat .
The jerboa body length ranges from 5–15 cm and has a tail ranging from 7–25 cm. [7] The "forelimbs of the jerboa serve as a pair of hands for feeding, grooming, etc." [8] Jerboas use their nose to burrow and push the dirt when looking for food. [9] The male jerboa is usually larger in size and weight in comparison to the female jerboa. [10]
They have long hind feet and short forelegs. [3] The pelt of the four-toed jerboa is velvety in texture and the upper-parts are speckled black and orange, the rump orange, and the sides gray. The four-toed jerboa hind-limbs have one digit less than other jerboas in the subfamily Allactaginae, but one more hind digit than other jerboas. The ...
Formerly, Dipodoidea contained only a single large family, Dipodidae, which contained jerboas, jumping mice, and birch mice as subfamilies. However, phylogenetic evidence found all three to be distinct families from one another, and thus they were split into three different families within Dipodoidea.
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Greater Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus orientalis; Thaler's jerboa, Jaculus thaleri; Genus Stylodipus, three-toed Jerboas Andrews's three-toed jerboa, Stylodipus andrewsi; Mongolian three-toed jerboa, Stylodipus sungorus; Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa, Stylodipus telum; Tribe Paradipodini. Genus Paradipus. Comb-toed jerboa, Paradipus ctenodactylus