Fat-tailed gerbil facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pachyuromys duprasi Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Gerbillinae
Genus:	Pachyuromys Lataste, 1881
Binomial name
Pachyuromys duprasi

A male and a female fat-tailed gerbil

The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi) is a species of gerbil. Its tail becomes fatter when it eats something. Then it uses it when food becomes scarce. They can live 5 to 7 years in captivity. It is from Africa.

They can survive a long time without drinking because they are adapted to a dry climate.

They bury themselves under the sand until night so that there are not as many predators that will attack them.

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In Spanish: Rata del desierto de cola crasa para niños