Four-toed jerboa

Taxobox
name = Four-toed Jerboa
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Dipodidae
genus = "Allactaga"
subgenus = "Scarturus"
subgenus_authority = Gloger, 1841
species = "A. tetradactyla"
binomial = "Allactaga tetradactyla"
binomial_authority = Lichtenstein, 1823

The Four-toed Jerboa ("Allactaga tetradactyla") is a small jumping desert rodent. This species of jerboa is endangered and lives in coastal salt marshes, and dry and clay deserts. It has long hind legs, short front legs, and long ears about the length of its head. Its fur is the color of the sand it burrows in, with a white underbelly. It is native to Egypt and Libya.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient
*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.