Talk:Jerbilrats
Add topicAren't these guys gerbils? They're name suggests it, just spelled differently. And the picture in Loamhedge shows that they have long tails with a tuft at the end.--Verminfate File:Sabretache.jpg Beware, the Darkblades are coming!
They sound like Kangaroo Rats.
--Thurrn the Ranger Mossflowerrrrrr!
Wasn't the Jerbil rats something in Alice in Wonderland? They sound familiar.
--Long Patrol Girl File:Kailee Pic LPG.jpg "Fish and Chips!!" 03:04, October 13, 2009 (UTC)
That was the dormouse. I think. Yeah, on the species page it says that Jerbilrats are fictional, but I don't think so. They're gerbils, or kangaroo rats or something like that.--Verminfate File:Verminfate's Ermine.jpg File:Wengle brookrudder.png Nobeast outfights Razgath the Mercenary!
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[edit]Buuut... They could be a cross between rats and jerboas (jerboa-rat), rats and gerbils, (gerbil-rat), or they could just be Springhares.
You have to admit there's a resemblance. John-E File:John-E.jpg Has the moon exploded? 16:08, October 17, 2009 (UTC) PS I got this image from Wikipedia Springhares. I'll see if they have anything on jerbilrats
Checked Wikepedia, they had ... next to nothing.
Regardless of similarities to existing species, I think they were intended to be fictional. --Martin the Loony File:Wiki.pngVe shoot it with our weaponries! 16:45, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
I agree, Martin2 John-E File:John-E.jpg Gutripping! 17:18, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
No, these were very unlikely made as fictional characters. There is in fact a species of desert mouse called Jerboas with the exact same description as Jerbilrats. That and the fact that Jerchief is the chief's name. I had a page saying this but I think someone deleted it. User:Neildown --67.142.162.24 16:17, November 13, 2009 (UTC)
- Saying that they are jerboas is an assumption. A very probable assumption, but still an assumption. Kangaroo rats, jumping mice, birch mice, and jerboas are all species of small mouselike rodents with long hind legs, and all of the four live in deserts. There is no direct proof that the Jerbilrats are jerboas as opposed to being kangaroo rats or jumping mice, even. The name "Jerchief" is in reference to the name of their society, the Jerbilrats.
- Perhaps this can go in the Trivia, but not directly on the page making the statement that they are, without a shadow of doubt, jerboas.
- Kangaroo rats look almost identical to jerboas. The name "Jerbilrats" bears only a vague tone of "jerboa", and would lead us more in the direction of believing them to be some strange kangaroo rat - gerbil hybrid, although again, there is no proof for this assumption, either. They're jerbilrats, and nothing more. File:Biggrensignature.gif(Tuûr!) 13:47, May 6, 2015 (UTC)
