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Definition of Dipus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dipodidae, Family Dipodidae
Member holonyms: Typical Jerboa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipus
Literary usage of Dipus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Dipus blanfordi, Murray Ann. Mag. NH (5), xiv, p. 98 (1884). The specimen below
was identified with considerable doubt by Blanford with Dipus ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(2) Dipus, Gm. The Jerboas(S) have nearly the same kind of teeth as the true
Rats, except that there is sometimes a very small one immediately before the ..."
3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... [THE JERBOA (Dipus sagitta, Zimm.).] The Jumping Mouse. The stomach is globular,
with the thick end very obtuse, small and short. ..."
4. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS Dipus—THE JERBOAS. Hind feet with three digits; tail cylindrical and tufted;
incisors grooved; premolars absent, or, if found, then in the upper jaw ..."
5. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Presented by the late H. Cline, Sen., Esq., 1824. Genus Dipus. ... Dipus
Sagitta—Zimm: (Mus Sagitta—Pallas. Mus Jaculus—Lin : Daman—Shaws Travels in Barbary ..."