Fat-tailed gerbil
| Fat-tailed gerbil | |
|---|---|
| A pair of duprasi gerbils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Pachyuromys Lataste, 1880 |
| Species: | P. duprasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste, 1880 | |
The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi), also called the duprasi gerbil or doop, is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. It is only species in the genus Pachyuromys. They are frequently kept as pets.
Other common English names are: fat-tailed jird, fat-tailed rat, and beer mat gerbil.