Illustration of a lesser jerboa (Jaculus jaculus, here as Dipus hirtipes), a small rodent of Africa and the Middle East. Its diet consists mainly of seeds and grasses and it needs very little water to survive. Illustration from 'The Survey of Western Palestine. The Fauna and Flora of Palestine' by Henry Baker Tristram (1822-1906). Published by The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, London, 1884.