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Definition of Genus Gerbillus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gerbillus

Literary usage of Genus Gerbillus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... pterygoid fossae short; auditory bullae usually large ; hind limbs very long; tail long and hairy. genus Gerbillus. Form murine, with the exception of ..."

2. Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary by WILLIAM THOMAS. BLANFORD, Beresford Lovett, India. Persian Boundary Commission (1876)
"... between the specimens procured at Pishin and some Indian skins in the British Museum. Jerdon, 1 Concerning the genus Gerbillus, and its allies, ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"Fig The genus Gerbillus,—Gerbils, — of the warm parts of the Old World, belongs near this group, if not in it. 2. Murinae have compressed incisors, ..."

4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Gerbillus, — Gerbils, — of the warm parts of the Old World, belongs near this group, if not in it. 2. Murinae have compressed incisors, ..."

5. An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America: Comprehending by Hugh Murray (1839)
"The genus Gerbillus contains species peculiar to the warmer regions of the Old World. They may be described as long-footed rats, allied in many respects to ..."

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