Fat-tailed Gerbil
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| Pachyuromys duprasi Fossil range: Recent |
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| Pachyuromys duprasi Lataste, 1880 |
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The Fat-tailed Gerbil is a species of gerbil. Its tail becomes fatter when it eats something. Then it uses it when food becomes scarce. They can live 5 to 7 years in captivity. It is from Africa.
They can survive a long time without drinking.
They bury themselves under the sand until night so that there are not as many predators that will attack them.
