Jerboa

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Jerboa refers to the family Dipodidae, which encompasses 10 genera and 5 subfamilies, with 33 species in all. They are desert rodents native to Northern Africa and Asia, characterized by oversized ears and long hind legs.

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Greg Cater

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Jerboa refers to the family Dipodidae, which encompasses 10 genera and 5 subfamilies, with 33 species in all. They are desert rodents native to Northern Africa and Asia, characterized by oversized ears and long hind legs.

Shaw's Jird - Meriones shawi - ARKive
Learn more about the Shaw's jird - with amazing Shaw's jird videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/shaws-jird/meriones-shawi/
Jerboa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The jerboa forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to live in hot deserts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa
ADW: Long-eared Jerboa - Euchoreutes naso
Long-eared jerboa tail length is 150 to 162 mm, body length is from 70 to 90 mm. The tail is covered with short hairs that are similar in color to the rest of the body except for the terminal tuft, which is white and black.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Euchoreutes_naso/
Jerboa Jumping and Running Very Fast - YouTube
Jerboa Jumping and Running Very Fast - Crazy Animal - Super Fast Jerboa - Pokemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bvypczipng
Big Eared Jerboa - YouTube
This big eared little fellow is the long eared jerboa. A part of the rodent family it has a long tail, and long hind legs and with its extremely large ears it is so distinct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbnqSAMfPxo
Jerboa - DesertUSA
The diminutive jerboa looks as though it were made from left-over spare parts of other animals, but it is nevertheless superbly adapted to harsh environments such as those of the Gobi and Sahara deserts.
http://www.desertusa.com/animals/jerboa.html
Euchoreutes naso (Long-eared Jerboa)
Find population statistics and information about the Long-eared Jerboa from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8162/0
Greater Egyptian Jerboa - Jaculus orientalis - ARKive
Learn more about the Greater Egyptian jerboa - with amazing Greater Egyptian jerboa photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/greater-egyptian-jerboa/jaculus-orientalis/
EDGE - Long-eared Jerboa
Jerboas are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long tufted tails and very long hindlegs. The long-eared jerboa can be distinguished from other jerboas by its enormous ears, which are about a third larger than its head.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=81
Jerboa - Britannica
Any of 33 species of long-tailed leaping rodents well adapted to the deserts and steppes of eastern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/jerboa

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Jerboa Temporal range: Middle Miocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Scarturus tetradactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Dipodoidea
Family:	Dipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies
Allactaginae Cardiocraniinae Dipodinae Euchoreutinae – long-eared jerboa

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Shaw's Jird - Meriones shawi - ARKive
Learn more about the Shaw's jird - with amazing Shaw's jird videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/shaws-jird/meriones-shawi/
Jerboa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The jerboa forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to live in hot deserts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa
ADW: Long-eared Jerboa - Euchoreutes naso
Long-eared jerboa tail length is 150 to 162 mm, body length is from 70 to 90 mm. The tail is covered with short hairs that are similar in color to the rest of the body except for the terminal tuft, which is white and black.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Euchoreutes_naso/
Jerboa Jumping and Running Very Fast - YouTube
Jerboa Jumping and Running Very Fast - Crazy Animal - Super Fast Jerboa - Pokemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bvypczipng
Big Eared Jerboa - YouTube
This big eared little fellow is the long eared jerboa. A part of the rodent family it has a long tail, and long hind legs and with its extremely large ears it is so distinct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbnqSAMfPxo
Jerboa - DesertUSA
The diminutive jerboa looks as though it were made from left-over spare parts of other animals, but it is nevertheless superbly adapted to harsh environments such as those of the Gobi and Sahara deserts.
http://www.desertusa.com/animals/jerboa.html
Euchoreutes naso (Long-eared Jerboa)
Find population statistics and information about the Long-eared Jerboa from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8162/0
Greater Egyptian Jerboa - Jaculus orientalis - ARKive
Learn more about the Greater Egyptian jerboa - with amazing Greater Egyptian jerboa photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/greater-egyptian-jerboa/jaculus-orientalis/
EDGE - Long-eared Jerboa
Jerboas are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long tufted tails and very long hindlegs. The long-eared jerboa can be distinguished from other jerboas by its enormous ears, which are about a third larger than its head.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=81
Jerboa - Britannica
Any of 33 species of long-tailed leaping rodents well adapted to the deserts and steppes of eastern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/jerboa

Jerboa Temporal range: Middle Miocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Scarturus tetradactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Dipodoidea
Family:	Dipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies
Allactaginae Cardiocraniinae Dipodinae Euchoreutinae – long-eared jerboa

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Jerboa

Jerboa refers to the family Dipodidae, which encompasses 10 genera and 5 subfamilies, with 33 species in all. They are desert rodents native to Northern Africa and Asia, characterized by oversized ears and long hind legs.

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