Psammomys obesus

Daly, M. and Daly, S. (1975). Behavior of Psammomys obesus (Rodentia Gerbillinae) in the Algerian Sahara. Zeitschriftfur Tierpsychologie 37,298-321. 

The window chambers designed for the hamster, the diabetic desert Sand Rat (.Psammomys obesus), and the mouse consist of two titanium alloy frames, each having a 12 mm diameter circular opening fitted with a ring for attachment of the window or sensor array (Figure 4.3). The standard chamber plates for the mouse have the same size opening but are approximately 50% smaller in surface area. However, as... 

Kalderon B, Gutman A, Levy E, Shafrir E, Adler J. Characterization of stages of development of obesity-diabetes syndrome in Sand Rat (Psammomys obesus). Diabetes 1986, 35, 717-724. 

Marquie G, Duhault J, Jacotot B. Diabetes mellitus in Sand Rats Psammomys obesus). Metabolic pattern during development of the diabetic syndrome. Diabetes 1984, 33, 438-443. 

Lewandowski PA, Cameron-Smith D, Jackson CJ, Kultys ER, Collier GR. The role of lipogenesis in the development of obesity and diabetes in Israeli Sand Rats Psammomys obesus). Journal of Nutrition 1998, 128, 1984—1988. 

Shafrir E, Gutman A. Psammomys obesus of the Jerusalem colony a model for nutritionally induced, non-insulin dependent diabetes. Journal of Basic Clinical Physiology and Pathology 1993, 4, 83-99. 

Meriones libycus and Psammomys obesus). Laboratory research on a third species (Meriones unguiculatus) revealied that females were, in fact, less aggressive towards males whose odors were familiar. 

Shafrir E, Ziv E, Kalman R (2006) Nutritionally induced diabetes in desert rodents as models of type 2 diabetes Acomys cahirimts (spiny mice) and Psammomys obesus (desert gerbil). Ins Lab Animal Res J 47(3) 212-224... 

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