JERBOA
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Jer*bo"a (?), n. [Ar. yarb&ū;‘.] (Zo&ö;l.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. Dipus Ægyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [Written also gerboa.]
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&hand_; The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the Pedetes Caffer, of the Cape of Good Hope.
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Jerboa kangaroo (Zo&ö;l.), small Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of a common hare.
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