(picture) Ever seen a PYGMY JERBOA?

[glitchunter]

The world's smallest rodent. Here's a picture of a full-size one.

There isn't much info on them. And I thought roborovskis were small!
It looks like a ball with legs and a tail to me... a video of one moving around is here.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ub6g_pygmy-jerboa-salpingotulus-michaeli_animals

[Die Fledermaus]

And I DO NOT want to go searching for one if it escapes!

What do Borat, and the Pygmy Jerboa, have in common??

[Hamsters82]

I've seen them before......................in my animal book that is. They're actually pretty cute to me.

[Die Fledermaus]

Reminds me of a baby gerbil, with a longer tail.

[glitchunter]

I imagine that the pinkies are as small as newborn kangaroos!(pea-sized)

[lyn]

Two years past the fact ,but I can't help it. This little animal is so silly looking and so cute at the same time. I'd love to have one of those little babies.

[Die Fledermaus]

You've seen the huge back legs of an adult? Wild!

[lyn]

The legs remind me of bird legs. That video was such a treat to watch.I've watched it more than once now. Do you think they are sold in the U.S.?

[Die Fledermaus]

Someone may, but I have not tried to look for a long time. You can try a Search, and let us know.

More unusual rodents only show at very rarely in the stores I know. Never a jerboa, jird, or duprassi.

[lyn]

Did a little homework and found out that Pigmy Jerboa are CONSIDERED extinct because there are so few. Duprasis aren't available due to an Importation Ban in the U.S. on African Rodents in 2001. Jirds aren't found because most breeding in U.S. have stopped. Finding unrelated breedingstock was nearly impossible and far too expensive for the breeders to continue. Well, atleast we have pictures and videos.

[Die Fledermaus]

Jerboas are not extinct.

>>Two species are considered threatened: the Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa (classed 'VU' vulnerable), the Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (classed 'VU' vulnerable). A rare species only recently captured on film in the deserts of Mongolia and China, the Long-eared Jerboa (classed 'LC' least concern [2]) is no longer believed to be threatened. Many other species have been placed in a "lower risk" category, and one species (Thomas's Pygmy Jerboa) lacks the data for assessment.<<
>># Subfamily Euchoreutinae

* Euchoreutes
o Long-eared Jerboa, Euchoreutes naso

# Subfamily Allactaginae

* Allactaga
o Balikun Jerboa, Allactaga balikunica
o Gobi Jerboa, Allactaga bullata
o Small Five-toed Jerboa, Allactaga elater
o Euphrates Jerboa, Allactaga euphratica
o Iranian Jerboa, Allactaga firouzi
o Hotson's Jerboa, Allactaga hotsoni
o Great Jerboa, Allactaga major
o Severtzov's Jerboa, Allactaga severtzovi
o Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa, Allactaga sibirica
o Four-toed Jerboa, Allactaga tetradactyla
o Vinogradov's Jerboa, Allactaga vinogradovi
o Bobrinski's Jerboa, Allactodipus bobrinskii
* Pygeretmus
o Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa, Pygeretmus platyurus
o Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa, Pygeretmus pumilo
o Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa, Pygeretmus shitkovi

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