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SIBERIAN JERBOA, 
well as the rest, is furnished with a sharp claw* 
The hind legs are long, thin, covered with short 
hair, and exactly resembling those of a bird. There 
are three long toes on each, covered above and be- 
low with hair ; the middle one longest. There is 
on each a pretty long sharp claw. 
Its length from nose to tail, is seven inches and 
a quarter ; its tail is ten inches long, covered with 
very short coarse hair ; but terminated with a 
thick black tuft, tipped with white. The upper 
part of the body is thin, as if compressed side- 
ways ; that about the rump and loins is large. 
It is covered w ith long hair, ash coloured at the 
bottom, and pale tawny at the ends. Its breast 
and belly are whitish . Across the upper part of 
the thighs there is an obscure dusky band, with 
long soft hair. 
When taken, it emits a plaintive feeble note. It 
feeds on vegetables, and has great strength in its 
forefeet. The Arabs call it daman Israel, or the 
Iamb of the Israelites. It is supposed to be the 
coney of Holy Writ. It is also the mouse of 
Isaiah, chap. Ixvi. 17. It was forbidden food to 
the Israelites. Dr. Shaw met with it on mount 
Libanus, and distinguished it from the following 
species. 
Siberian jerboa. 
Of the Siberian jerboa there are three varieties* 
the greater, the middle, and the pigmy. 
The greater Siberian jerboa has a truncated nose, 
edged with white. Its lower teeth are slender, and 
twice as long as the upper * its ears are large and 
pointed, tipt with white, and naked within ; its 
hair is very soft, tawny on the back, and lower of 
a dark grey ; its legs, and the underside of its 
body are white. The half of the tail next the 
