What is Fat-tailed gerbil?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Pachyuromys duprasi'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | trend = stable | fossil_range = Recent | image = Pachyuromys_duprasi_27.02.2010.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | superfamilia = [[Muroidea]] | familia = [[Muridae]] | subfamilia = [[Gerbillinae]] | genus = '''''Pachyuromys''''' | genus_authority = Lataste, 1881 | binomial = ''Pachyuromys duprasi''}} [[Image:Pachyuromys-duprasi PeterMaas.jpg|thumb|A [[male]] and a [[female]] fat-tailed gerbil]] The '''fat-tailed gerbil''' (''Pachyuromys duprasi'') 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 because they are [[adapted]] to a dry climate. They bury themselves under the sand until night so that there are not as many predators that will attack them. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rodents]]