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Fat-Tailed Gerbil

Educational resources on Fat-Tailed Gerbil

Fat-Tailed Gerbil or Pachyuromys duprasi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Fat-Tailed Gerbil

Academic web links for the Fat-Tailed Gerbil.


ADW: Pachyuromys duprasi: Information
Fat-tailed gerbil pups are weaned at around 3 to 4 weeks of age. The role of the male in parental care has not been noted. (Barker, 2003; Stead, 1996)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pachyuromys_duprasi.html

ADW: Pachyuromys: Classification
... fat-tailed gerbil)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pachyuromys.html

ADW: Pachyuromys duprasi: Classification
Pachyuromys duprasi (fat-tailed gerbil) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pachyuromys_duprasi.html

ADW: Muridae: Classification
Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives) ... fat-tailed gerbil)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Muridae.html

ADW: Gerbillinae: Classification
... fat-tailed gerbil)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Gerbillinae.html

MSL, Index of Common Names
Last updated on 31 October 1996. Provide comments about the text to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@esumail.emporia.edu. Return to the home page of the Mammal Image Library.
www.emporia.edu/biosci/msl/mslindco.htm

MSL, Order Rodentia
Pachyuromys duprasi - Fat-tailed gerbil - N Africa 683 Side view of captive adult female, 1964. E C Oaks Parotomys littledalei - Karroo rat - Namibia & South Africa
www.emporia.edu/biosci/msl/rodent.htm

Companionship — Volume 44, Issue 9 — 05 Dec 2008 — The Rose ...
A gerbil that has recently gained popularity is the fat-tailed gerbil, also known as the duprasi gerbil. One thing to be cautious of is getting these small pets in pairs.
www.rose-hulman.edu/thorn/44/9/companionship

Biology 470 syllabus
Homeostatic and circadian control of body temperature in the fat-tailed gerbil. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 119: 295-300 .
biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol470/2001-2002/biol470syl2001.htm

Pacific Ocean "Big Pelagics"
Pharaoh Eagle-owl, Bubo ascalaphus Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteini i, Spotted Sandgrouse, P. senegallus & Crowned sandgrouse, P. coronatus Mammals: Fat-tailed gerbil
courses.washington.edu/vertebra/452/452lecture-options-summer09.pdf







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