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Definition of Dipodidae
1. Noun. Old World jerboas.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Myomorpha, Suborder Myomorpha
Member holonyms: Dipus, Genus Dipus, Jerboa, Genus Jaculus, Jaculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipodidae
Literary usage of Dipodidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Its feet are short and of equal length; it climbs in trees, and may perhaps be
looked upon as nearest of all Dipodidae to the ancestral form of the group. ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1894)
"The adductor minimi digiti (the outer of the two ) is attached to the inner
sesamoid bone of the little toe. two muscles are wanting in the Dipodidae and ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... and Dipodidae, and concluded that the small development of the mastoid in some
of the modern forms is due to degradation. Palmer in his Catalogue of the ..."
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