Their hind-legs are much shorter than those of the jerboa, and their tail is garnished with but a few short, stiff hairs. |
Macalister says that the muscle is especially developed in leaping animals such as the kangaroo, jerboa, macrocelides. |
A most unusual family of skilled house-builders are the brush-tailed rat-kangaroos, or jerboa kangaroos of Australia and Tasmania. |
Still other families of the Myomorpha include the dormouse, jumping mouse, and jerboa. |
Here, long-eared hedgehog, northern three-toed jerboa, gray hamster, and corsac fox are among the more common mammal residents. |
A double parallel to this modification is seen in the jerboa among the ungulates, and in the kangaroo among the marsupials. |