Jerboa
（重定向自Gerboa）
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![Skeleton of a jerboa](/Images/godic/202501/15/JerboaSkelLyd32745.png")
The jerboa (from Arabic:جربوع jarbūʻ ) forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to live in hot deserts.