Fat-tailed gerbil [2] ( lat. Pachyuromys duprasi ) is a species of rodent from the subfamily of gerbils ( Gerbillinae ), distinguished into the monotypic genus Pachyuromys . Distributed as domestic and laboratory animals .
| Fat-tailed gerbil |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squadron : | Euarchontoglires |
| Gender: | Fat Tailed Gerbils ( Pachyuromys Lataste, 1880 ) |
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| International scientific name |
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Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste , 1880 [1] |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 15865 |
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The average size of the gerbil is from 10.5 to 13.5 cm long, the tail is 4.5–6.1 cm long, and the mass is 30–65 g [3] . They differ from closely related species with a sharper muzzle and a short, very thickened tail, the tissues of which fat-tailed gerbils are used to store fat [4] . Soft, thick coat is painted on top in sand-brown tones, on the abdominal one it is lighter [5] .
They live in arid deserts, semi-deserts and steppes of North Africa : from Morocco to Libya, isolated populations are also known from Mauritania and Egypt [6] . Greater-tailed gerbils dig long, branched burrows with nesting chambers; most active at night. Reproduction is confined to the wet season, during which females manage to grow 2-3 broods of 3–6 cubs. Pregnancy lasts 19-22 days, cubs are born blind and naked.
The diet of fat-tailed gerbils includes insects and plant foods - rhizomes and bulbs , seeds, green shoots. In captivity, cereals, minced meat , cheese, milk, salad and alfalfa are also used as feed, but live crickets are the most favorite delicacy [7] .
- ↑ Lataste, F. (1880). Diagnoses de mammifères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 2 (40): 313-315. Text (French) (Retrieved November 24, 2012)
- ↑ Sokolov V.E. The pagan dictionary of animal names. Mammals Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - S. 168. - 10,000 copies.
- ↑ Jonathan Kingdon: The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. A&C Black Publishers, London 2007 [1997], ISBN 978-0-7136-6513-0 (476 Seiten, Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1997)
- ↑ Ralf Sistermann: Die Fettschwanz-Rennmaus (Pachyuromys duprasi). Biologie, Haltung und Zucht einer ungewöhnlichen Rennmaus. In: Rodentia. Kleinsäuger-Fachmagazin. Nr. 32, 2006, ISSN 1617-6170, p. 35–37
- ↑ Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 6. Auflage. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
- ↑ Pachyuromys duprasi (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved November 24, 2012)
- ↑ Francis Petter: Repartition geographique et écologie des rongeurs désertiques (du Sahara occidental à l'Iran oriental). In: Mammalia. Bd. 25, Nr. spezial, 1961, S. 1–222.
