Great Jerboa
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The Great Jerboa (Allactaga major) is a species of rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

 in the Dipodidae
Dipodidae
The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the northern hemisphere. This family includes over 50 species among the 16 genera....

 family.
It is found in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
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, Russia
Russia
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, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
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, and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

. It mainly lives in deserts.
The Great Jerboa lives in many desert biomes around the world.

The Great Jerboa is a rodent with very large ears and a long tail.
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