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Definition of Genus Acrobates
1. Noun. A genus of Phalangeridae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae
Member holonyms: Flying Mouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Acrobates
Literary usage of Genus Acrobates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"There are three species of this genus, ranging over New Guinea and part of Australia.
The genus Acrobates includes two small species of flying ..."
2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"... Gervais and Verreaux PZS, p. I (1842); Gould Distribution.—Western Australia.
a. Skin $ W. Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] Genus ACROBATES. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"... of the genus Acrobates. Opossum-rat, a book-name, translated from the local
name "ratón ..."
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