Jaculus orientalis Erxleben, 1777.

The Greater Egyptian Jerboa, at 15 cm is a larger and more robust animal than the Lesser Jerboa. It is brownish-orange on the back and whitish underneath with hair on the soles and naked palms. The ears are relatively long and broad, and the eyes are large and round; the long tail has a white-tipped black terminal tuft. The burrows, usually in hard ground, are up to two meters long and have a sleeping or nest chamber, lined with camel hair or shredded plant material, and a food storage chamber. This animal lives close to the grain fields, olive groves, and the salt marshes near the Mediterranean shores, and in South Sinai. Its food is principally sprouting vegetation, plant roots, and grain. It is nocturnal or crepuscular in habit.