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The fat-tailed gerbil is a medium-sized gerbil. Its body length is about 10 cm (3.9 in), with a tail length of about 5 cm (2.0 in). The hair at the back and the head is yellow-coloured, with a dark grey base and a small black tip.
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.
Lataste's gerbil, Gerbillus latastei LC; Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus LC; Lesser short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus simoni LC; Tarabul's gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli LC; Genus: Meriones. Libyan jird, Meriones libycus LC; Shaw's jird, Meriones shawi LC; Genus: Pachyuromys. Fat-tailed gerbil, Pachyuromys duprasi LC; Genus: Psammomys. Fat sand ...
The fat-tailed gerbil or duprasi is also kept as a pet. They are smaller than the common Mongolian gerbils, and have long, soft coats and short, fat tails, appearing more like a hamster. The variation on the normal duprasi coat is more gray in color, which may be a mutation, or it may be the result of hybrids between the Egyptian and Algerian ...
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Gerbilliscus is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Gerbillinae (gerbils) of the family Muridae. [1] It contains the following species, all native to Africa: Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi) Highveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii) Guinean gerbil (Gerbilliscus guineae) Gorongoza gerbil (Gerbilliscus inclusus)
Genus Thylamys - fat-tailed mouse opossum; Diprotodontia. Suborder Vombatiformes. Family Vombatidae. ... Genus Pachyuromys - fat-tailed gerbil;
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]