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title: "Fat-tailed Gerbil"
description: "Pachyuromys duprasi — Mamíferos. The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi), also called the duprasi gerbil or doop, is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fat-tailed-gerbil
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fat-tailed Gerbil

> Pachyuromys duprasi — Mamíferos. The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi), also called the duprasi gerbil or doop, is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae.

- Scientific name: *Pachyuromys duprasi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo e animais de estimação), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 63
- Wikidata: [Q80763](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80763)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45389](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45389)

## Names

- en: Fat-tailed Gerbil
- de: Fettschwanzrennmaus
- es: Rata del Desierto de Cola Crasa o Jerbo de Dupras
- fr: Pachyuromys
- nl: Dikstaartmuis
- pl: Tłustogon afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

EH (26), MA (15)

## Summary

The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi), also called the duprasi gerbil or doop, is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. It is the only species in the genus Pachyuromys. They are frequently kept as pets.
Other common English names are: fat-tailed jird, fat-tailed rat, and beer mat gerbil.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat-tailed_gerbil

## Photo

![Fat-tailed Gerbil](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fat-tailed-gerbil/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251680867

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fat-tailed-gerbil?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).