Four-toed jerboa

Four-toed jerboa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Scarturus
Gloger, 1841
Species:
S. tetradactylus
Binomial name
Scarturus tetradactylus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)
Geographic range

The four-toed jerboa (Scarturus tetradactylus) is a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus Scarturus that has four digits. Four-toed jerboas are native to Egypt and Libya. They live in coastal salt marshes and dry deserts.

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