Greater Egyptian Jerboa

Taxobox
name = Greater Egyptian Jerboa
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Recent


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Dipodidae
genus = "Jaculus"
species = "J. orientalis"
binomial = "Jaculus orientalis"
binomial_authority = Erxleben, 1777
synonyms = The Greater Egyptian Jerboa ("Jaculus orientalis") is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, sandy shores, and arable land.

References

* Aulagnier, S. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10913/all Jaculus orientalis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*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.