the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Dipodidae (jerboa) (2)
A small rodent quadruped, Dipus sagitta, found in the deserts of Africa; it is of the size of a rat, has very long hind legs and short fore legs…
The typical genus of the jerboas, a race of rodents which progress like the kangaroo, by leaping with the long hinder legs.