Educational resources on Fat Sand Rat

Fat Sand Rat or Psammomys obesus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Fat Sand Rat

Academic web links for the Fat Sand Rat.

ADW: Psammomys obesus: Information
Psammomys obesus, the fat sand rat, is found in North Africa, ranging from Mauritania to Egypt and Sudan, and east across the Arabian Peninsula.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Psammomys_obesus.html

ADW: Psammomys: Specimens
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Psammomys.html

ADW: Muridae: Specimens
...fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus : fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: brown rat Rattus norvegicus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Muridae_0045.html

ADW: Psammomys obesus: Specimens
...fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus : fat sand rat Psammomys obesus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Psammomys_obesus.html

ADW: Gerbillinae: Specimens
Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus : fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Gerbillinae_0015.html

ADW: Psammomys obesus: Classification
Psammomys obesus (fat sand rat) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Psammomys_obesus.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: obesus
Fat Sand Rat: Type Locality: Egypt, Alexandria. Distribution: In North Africa from Morocco (Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986) and Algeria (Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991), through
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001163

ARTICLE IN PRESS
Therefore, its diet presents the fat sand rat with two physiological challenges: (1) neutralization of the potentially harmful effects of the soluble oxalate, and (2) absorption ofa
science.widener.edu/~vatnick/sdarticle.pdf

ADW: Psammomys: Classification
... Psammomys obesus (fat sand rat)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Psammomys.html

Effect of the fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus) burrowing mounds on ...
Effect of fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus Cretzschamar, 1828) disturbance on vegetation heterogeneity and diversity in degraded arid rangelands of Northern Sinai, Egypt
cldde.kuniv.edu/Abstract/43-El-Bana_KSA_Egy.doc