- Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
Taxobox
name = Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 299px
image_caption = Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Rodent ia
superfamilia =Dipodoidea
familia =Dipodidae
genus = "Jaculus"
species = "J. jaculus"
binomial = "Jaculus jaculus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Lesser Egyptian Jerboa الجربوع , "Jaculus jaculus", is a littlerodent ofAfrica and theMiddle East .Its diet consists of seeds and grasses, however the Jerboa needs very little water to survive.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.
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