JERBOA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Fore-legs very short ; hind-legs remarkably long'. 
Tail very long ; tufted at the end. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Dipus jaculus. D. pedibus tetradactylis, palmarum unguiculo 
pollicari. Linn. Syst. Nat. Grnel. 1. p. 157- 
Four toes on each foot. The two fore-feet have 
each a claw instead of a fifth toe. 
Mus, pedibus posticis longissimis, cauda corpore 
longiore extremo villosa. Hasselq. It. Pal. 
198 . 
Lepus sive Cuniculus indicus ; Utias dictus. 
Aldr. Quadr. 395. 
Jaculus orientalis. Erxl. Mavim. p. 404. 
n. 1. 
Mus mqntanus. Moncon. Egypt. 288. 
Gerbua. Edw. Av. pi. 219. 
Jerboa. . . Sm. Buff. 7. p. 201. Penn. Hist. Quadr. 2. 
p. lb’4. n. 364. pi. 80. Bew. Quadr. p. 364. 
Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 158. 
This singular little animal is a native of Egypt, 
Barbary, and Palestine ; it likewise inhabits the de- 
serts between Bassora and Aleppo, and is occasion- 
