Desert jerboa
Desert jerboa
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Possibly Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Gnawing Mammals (Rodentia)
Family: Dipodidae.
The Name "Jerboa": "Jerboa" is from the Arabic word "yerbo," meaning "big thighs."
Location: North Africa, Arabia, central Asia.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Desert and steppe.
Description: Like the other members of this family, the overall appearance of the desert jerboa is like that of a kangaroo, mainly because of the very long hind legs. Its coat is cream or beige on the back, white underneath. The tail is long and has a tuft of white hairs at the tip, and it is used like a tiller or rudder when the it jumps. This animal can grow over sixteen inches long, but ten of those are its tail. It weighs only about two and a half ounces.
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