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Jaculus: Desert Jerboas
These jerboas are found in a variety of habitats, including both rolling and relatively flat sandy deserts, saline deserts, rocky valleys, and meadows. Osborn and
Helmy (1980) stated that the burrows of J. jaculus and J. orientalis are generally excavated in hard ground, are kept sealed during summer and left open in winter,
slant to a depth of about 1-2 meters, and include a sleeping chamber with a nest of camel's hair or shredded vegetation, one or two escape tunnels, and in the case
of J. orientalis a food storage chamber. [eng]
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