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Definition of Jerboa kangaroo

1. Noun. Brush-tailed rat kangaroo.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerboa Kangaroo

Literary usage of Jerboa kangaroo

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

1. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"It is almost impossible to comprehend the extreme quaintness of the aspect which is presented by a jerboa kangaroo engaged in this manner without actual ..."

2. Australia and Homeward by Daniel Vannorman Lucas (1888)
"... brush kangaroo, and nail-tailed kangaroo. The hare kangaroo, very fleet, six kinds. The bettong or jerboa kangaroo, weighing from three to six pounds; ..."

3. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"... and unfitting it for use in the purposes for which the skins of its congeners are employed THE Brush-tailed Bettong, or jerboa kangaroo (Bettongia ..."

4. Cecil's Books of Natural History by Selim Hobart Peabody (1880)
"... and has curved claws to help it hold to the branches of the trees. Another variety is called the jerboa kangaroo, or the brush-tailed bettong, ..."

5. Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, and Others in Neither by Olive Thorne Miller, Hildibrand, A. Mesnel, Ecosse, E.P. Dutton (Firm)., J.J. Little & Co (1880)
"One little fellow, belonging to the family, is called the jerboa kangaroo. He is about as large as a rabbit, and very pretty. He leaps over the ground like ..."

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