Greater Egyptian Jerboa

Greater Egyptian Jerboa
Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Recent

Jaculus orientalis
Erxleben, 1777

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.

[edit] References

Aulagnier, S. 2004. Jaculus orientalis. 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.

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Extant species of family Dipodidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Myomorpha · Superfamily: Dipodoidea

Sicista

Eozapus	Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus)

Napaeozapus	Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)

Zapus	Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) · Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) · Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

Allactaga	Subgenus Allactaga: Small Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga elater) · Iranian Jerboa (Allactaga firouzi) · Hotson's Jerboa (Allactaga hotsoni) · Great Jerboa (Allactaga major) · Svertzov's Jerboa (Allactaga severtzovi) · Vinogradov's Jerboa (Allactaga vinogradovi) Subgenus Orientallactaga: Balikun Jerboa (Allactaga balikunica) · Gobi Jerboa (Allactaga bullata) · Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga sibirica) Subgenus Paralactaga: Euphrates Jerboa (Allactaga euphratica) · Williams's Jerboa (Allactga williamsi) Subgenus Scarturus: Four-toed jerboa (Allactaga tetradactyla)

Allactodipus	Bobrinski's Jerboa (Allactodipus bobrinskii)

Pygeretmus	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus) · Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio) · Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi)

Cardiocraniinae

Cardiocranius	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus)

Salpingotulus	Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis)

Salpingotus	Subgenus Anguistodontus: Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) Subgenus Prosalpingotus: Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) · Pale Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus pallidus) · Thomas's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus thomasi) Subgenus Salpingotus: Kozlov's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus kozlovi)

Dipus	Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta)

Eremodipus	Lichtenstein's Jerboa (Eremodipus lichtensteini)

Jaculus	Blanford's Jerboa (Jaculus blanfordi) · Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) · Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)

Stylodipus	Andrews's Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus andrewsi) · Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus sungorus) · Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus telum)

Paradipus	Comb-toed Jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus)