Sand rat

Thickness of sand rat ( Psammomys obesus )

The Fat Sand Rat ( also thickness of sand or sand rat gerbil ) ( Psammomys obesus ) is a rodent that is found in the sandy deserts of Algeria to Saudi Arabia.

They reach a head-body length of 14 to 18,5 cm and a tail length of 12 to 15 cm and weigh 80 to 200 g You are outspoken nutritionists and feed mainly on leaves and stems of succulent, salty Gänsefußgewächsen ( Daly & Daly 1973). If they are fed with high-energy feed, tend sand rats to diabetes mellitus.

Sand rats are diurnal as well as nocturnal.

Several times a year the females bring 3 to 5 boy in a specially dug for construction world.