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The fat-tailed gerbil is a medium-sized gerbil. Its body length is about 10 cm (3.9 in), with a tail length of about 5 cm (2.0 in). The hair at the back and the head is yellow-coloured, with a dark grey base and a small black tip. The belly is white. Fat-tailed gerbils weigh
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1166:G. phillipsi
1165:
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2483:iNaturalist
2423:Pachyuromys
2403:Wikispecies
2212:M. zarudnyi
2092:Pallasiomys
2076:king jird (
2069:M. persicus
1985:Rhombomyina
1958:Microdillus
1941:G. tarabuli
1896:G. occiduus
1887:G. nigeriae
1869:G. latastei
1842:G. gleadowi
1752:G. acticola
1695:G. syrticus
1686:G. pusillus
1614:G. grobbeni
1541:D. zakariai
1505:D. rupicola
1496:D. maghrebi
1460:D. harwoodi
1451:D. dasyurus
1368:T. tranieri
1359:T. pygargus
1323:T. gracilis
1305:T. congicus
1275:Taterillini
1235:G. vallinus
1197:Gerbillurus
1175:G. robustus
1130:G. inclusus
1112:G. brantsii
1059:Desmodillus
1022:Pachyuromys
972:A. imbellis
951:Ammodillini
939:Taterillini
927:Ammodillini
867:Gerbillinae
781:13 November
532:13 November
367:in 1880 in
356:The French
328:Description
306:Pachyuromys
294:Gerbillinae
215:Pachyuromys
51:introducing
2583:Categories
2340:S. calurus
2329:Sekeetamys
2264:Sand rat (
2149:M. libycus
2140:M. grandis
2122:M. crassus
1995:Brachiones
1824:G. floweri
1788:G. burtoni
1779:G. aquilus
1726:G. watersi
1623:G. henleyi
1596:G. famulus
1578:G. amoenus
1422:Dipodillus
1412:Gerbillina
1400:Gerbillini
1350:T. petteri
1285:Taterillus
1226:G. tytonis
1217:G. setzeri
1184:G. validus
1121:G. guineae
1033:P. duprasi
1009:D. braueri
970:Ammodile (
961:Ammodillus
661:2022-08-25
600:2022-08-25
557:2022-08-25
488:References
442:vegetables
339:stores fat
59:April 2012
34:references
2299:R. opimus
2288:Rhombomys
2266:P. obesus
2255:Psammomys
2226:Cheliones
2223:Subgenus
2113:M. chengi
2089:Subgenus
2054:Subgenus
2028:Subgenus
1740:Gerbillus
1737:Subgenus
1563:Subgenus
1554:Gerbillus
1514:D. simoni
1469:D. jamesi
1433:D. bottai
1259:T. indica
1103:G. boehmi
877:Kingdom:
470:territory
422:mealworms
358:zoologist
291:subfamily
229:Species:
160:Kingdom:
154:Eukaryota
2553:13001161
2501:10229992
2388:Wikidata
2176:M. shawi
2131:M. dahli
2031:Meriones
2019:Meriones
1969:M. peeli
1815:G. dunni
1703:G. vivax
1659:G. nanus
1478:D. lowei
1314:T. emini
1208:G. paeba
1139:G. kempi
907:Family:
903:Rodentia
891:Mammalia
885:Chordate
883:Phylum:
879:Animalia
476:Breeding
452:Behavior
426:crickets
369:Laghouat
296:. It is
200:Family:
194:Rodentia
184:Mammalia
174:Chordata
170:Phylum:
164:Animalia
150:Domain:
127:IUCN 3.1
2594:Gerbils
2540:1002904
2475:2437746
2462:1179770
1761:G. agag
1094:G. afra
909:Muridae
901:Order:
889:Class:
736:27 June
459:diurnal
438:beetles
436:, even
406:deserts
402:Algeria
398:Tunisia
373:Algeria
335:hamster
300:in the
285:, is a
260:Lataste
221:Lataste
210:Genus:
204:Muridae
190:Order:
180:Class:
125: (
47:improve
2566:298894
2514:632992
2431:ARKive
2394:Q80763
2078:M. rex
1248:Tatera
924:Tribes
652:
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482:litter
434:insect
400:, and
386:Sahara
320:, and
287:rodent
262:, 1880
223:, 1880
36:, but
2527:15865
2496:IRMNG
2488:45389
2449:4BW28
1397:Tribe
446:fruit
430:moths
394:Libya
390:Egypt
343:camel
302:genus
2561:NCBI
2522:IUCN
2509:ITIS
2470:GBIF
1713:and
783:2021
766:2016
738:2019
650:ISBN
621:ISBN
589:ISBN
534:2021
517:2016
444:and
412:Diet
283:doop
269:The
2548:MSW
2535:MDD
2457:EoL
2444:CoL
2418:ADW
770:doi
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