Jaculus (rodent)

Jaculus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
Jaculus orientalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Subfamily: Dipodinae
Tribe: Dipodini
Genus: Jaculus
Erxleben, 1777
Type species
Mus jaculus
Species

Jaculus blanfordi
Jaculus jaculus
Jaculus orientalis

The genus Jaculus is a member of the Dipodinae subfamily of dipodoid rodents (jerboas). Jaculus species are distributed in desert and semi-arid regions across northern Africa, the Sahara, the Horn of Africa, Arabia, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Collectively, the species within the genus may be commonly referred to as "desert jerboas", although this more particularly applied to the lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus).

Species

The following species are recognised for the genus Jaculus:



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