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Definition of Gliridae
1. Noun. Dormice and other Old World forms.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Myomorpha, Suborder Myomorpha
Member holonyms: Dormouse, Genus Glis, Glis, Genus Muscardinus, Muscardinus, Eliomys, Genus Eliomys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gliridae
Literary usage of Gliridae
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)
"The gliridae have no caecum, so usual in the Rodentia. It is true that all the
genera have not been dissected, but it is known that in the true Dormice, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It now appears that gliridae is untenable for this family because of previous
application to other groups ; in *lbid., p. 145. t Geological Survey of Canada ..."
3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1837)
"... and it is for the purpose of expressing this relation that I propose to
denominate the small group which I am obliged to form for this animal, gliridae. ..."
4. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1911)
"... Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami POCKET GOPHERS (Geomyidae) Harsh-Coated Pocket
Gopher Geomys hispidus DORMICE (gliridae) Squirrel-Tailed Dormouse ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The gliridae have no caecum, so usual in the Rodentia. It is true that all the
genera have not been dissected, but it is known that in the true Dormice, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It now appears that gliridae is untenable for this family because of previous
application to other groups ; in *lbid., p. 145. t Geological Survey of Canada ..."
7. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1837)
"... and it is for the purpose of expressing this relation that I propose to
denominate the small group which I am obliged to form for this animal, gliridae. ..."
8. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1911)
"... Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami POCKET GOPHERS (Geomyidae) Harsh-Coated Pocket
Gopher Geomys hispidus DORMICE (gliridae) Squirrel-Tailed Dormouse ..."
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