A most unusual family of skilled house-builders are the brush-tailed rat-kangaroos, or jerboa kangaroos of Australia and Tasmania.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
Like their great cousins-the kangaroos-Mrs. jerboa often carries her babies on her back when she goes out to seek food.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
Within these prisons moved all sorts of living creatures, from the jerboa, the lizard of the Nile, and a light-colored species of owl, to numerous specimens of frogs, snakes, scorpions and beetles.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers