Jerboa

Jerboa; Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Dipodoidea
Family:	Dipodidae; Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

A jerboa is a small desert rodent of Asia and Northern Africa.^[1] It looks like a mouse, but it has a long tail and very long back legs. The jerboa moves by jumping, and their highest jump is over 6 feet high. They have long tails, long hind legs, and short front legs. There are 33 species of jerboa, which tend to live in hot deserts.^[1]

When they are being chased, jerboas can run up to 24 kilometers per hour.^[1] Some jerboa species are preyed on by little owls in central Asia. Most species of jerboas have very good hearing. Their hearing helps them avoid being attacked by predators.^[2]

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Burton, Maurice; Burton, Robert (1970). The International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1323. ISBN 978-0-7614-7266-7.
↑ Swanson, Nicole (2007). "Euchoreutes naso". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Burton, Maurice; Burton, Robert (1970). The International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1323. ISBN 978-0-7614-7266-7.

[2] Swanson, Nicole (2007). "Euchoreutes naso". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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