What Animal Lives Where

Where has the lesser Egyptian jerboa been recorded?

Jaculus jaculus occurrence evidence comes from 983 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1924 to 2024. Most records come from Egypt.

lesser Egyptian jerboa
lesser Egyptian jerboa — Photo (display-sized rendition): Elias Neideck · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaRodentiaDipodidaeJaculus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

983 records across 19 countries and territories, 1924–2024.

Jaculus jaculus · GBIF taxon key 5219895

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19242024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where lesser Egyptian jerboa has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for lesser Egyptian jerboa. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Egypt 373
Morocco 193
Niger 116
Mauritania 75
Senegal 44
Algeria 40
Libya 34
Iran 26
Mali 26
Israel 15
Sudan 13
Cameroon 8
Benin 7
Chad 6
Saudi Arabia 3
Western Sahara 1
Iraq 1
Jordan 1
South Sudan 1

Related animals

Others in the family Dipodidae.

Small Five-toed Jerboa
Small Five-toed Jerboa
93 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.