jerboas

This is a neat and useful trick if you want to cross large distances on hot sand, but of course jerboas are mostly nocturnal, and the predominant function of saltation in jerboas is to move quickly away from predators.

Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

Incidentally, most of the cervical vertebrae in jerboas are fused together as well, and in some dwarf jerboas the first three dorsal vertebrae are also fused together, and to the fused cervicals.

Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

There are also several species of the small, rodent-like mammals called jerboas (family Zapodidae) that inhabit the Junggar Basin.

Junggar Basin semi-desert 2008

At the same time typically desert species such as jerboas (Pygerethmus, Pygerethmus pumilio), can be met.

Kazakh upland 2008

Dr. Jonathan Baillie, who led the trip, said that jerboas were "the Mickey Mouse of the desert," extremely cute and comical.

Creatiary 2009

Endemic jerboas include the selevinia (Selevinia betpakdalensis), comb-toed jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus), and the three-toed and five-toed dwarf jerboas (Salpingotus heptneri, salpingotus pallidus, Cardiocranius).

Central Asian northern desert 2008

A variety of rodents such as gerbils (Rhombomys, Meriones), and more than ten species of jerboas (Allactaga, Dipus, Paradipus, Eremodipus, Stylodipus) are found here.

Central Asian northern desert 2008

However most rodent workers seem to favour the use of the family-level name Zapodidae for birch mice and jumping mice, with Dipodidae restricted to jerboas proper.

Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006

Endemics include the desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalensis), comb-toed jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus), three-toed and five-toed dwarf jerboas (Salpingotus heptneri, S. pallidus).

Central Asian southern desert 2008

Both gerbils and jerboas play an important role in the biological functioning of the clay desert.

Central Asian northern desert 2008