Jaculus jaculus - #557

Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
Side view
Geographic Distribution

N Africa in Senegal, NE Nigeria and Niger, from S Mauritania to Morocco, E through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya to Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Egypt, and Somalia; throughout Arabia, the Sinai and Israel through Iraq to SW Iran

Order/Family
Dipodidae
Genus
Jaculus
Specific Epithet
jaculus
Image Location
Prague Zoo, Czech Republic
Image Date
1977
Photographer
M Andera