Lesser Egyptian Jerboa

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Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Dipodoidea
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Jaculus
Species: J. jaculus
Binomial name
Jaculus jaculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Lesser Egyptian Jerboa الجربوع , Jaculus jaculus, is a little rodent of Africa and the Middle East. Its diet consists of seeds and grasses, however the Jerboa needs very little water to survive.

[edit] References

  • Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.