Duck-Billed Gerbil

A duck-billed gerbil is a species of small mouse-sized rodent, most closely related to jerboas (despite its name), native to China. It is unusual among rodents that it has a wide rubbery duck-like bill similar to a platypus, allowing it to feed on various native aquatic plants and small native aquatic invertebrates. The conservation status of duck-billed gerbils is Endangered due to pollution and habitat loss, but thankfully, they are easy to keep and care for in captivity, they breed readily so they are common in captivity, and conservationists are reintroducing them to the wild in hopes of making duck-billed gerbils pollution-proof and tolerate habitat loss.