Photo category:
Living Museum
Vertebrates specimen collection
Natural History Museum of Crete exhibition

  • Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Heraklion
  • Photo taken by:
    Trichas, A.
  • Photo taken date:
    March 2013
Fat-tailed Gerbil
Rodents
Mammals
Animals
Vertebrates

Photo of a Fat-tailed Gerbil, Pachyuromys duprasi a rodent adapted to live in dry, very hot conditions. Its pointed snout shows that it eats insects in addition to plant material.