Four-toed jerboa
| Four-toed jerboa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Scarturus Gloger, 1841 |
| Species: | S. tetradactylus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scarturus tetradactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | |
| Geographic range | |
The four-toed jerboa (Scarturus tetradactylus) is a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus Scarturus that has four digits. Four-toed jerboas are native to Egypt and Libya. They live in coastal salt marshes and dry deserts.