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Gerbillinae, otherwise known as the gerbils, jirds, and relatives, is a large Old World murid subfamily. This subfamily is one of the most well-defined in Muroidea. Its members have much in common; most being diurnal, saltatorial desert rodents. There are 103 gerbilline species in 16 genera. (Musser and Carleton, 2005)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Members of the subfamily of Gerbillinae include:
Genus Ammodilus (ammodile and walo)
Genus Brachiones (Przewalski's gerbil)
Genus Desmodilliscus (pouched gerbil)
Genus Desmodilus (Cape short-eared gerbil)
Genus Dipodilus (dipodils)
Genus Gerbiliscus (African gerbils)
Genus Gerbilurus (hairy-footed gerbils)
Genus Gerbilus (gerbils)
Genus Meriones (jirds)
Genus Microdilus (Somali pygmy gerbil)
Genus Pachyuromys (fat-tailed gerbil)
Genus Psammomys (fat sand rats)
Genus Rhombomys (great gerbil)
Genus Sekeetamys (bushy-tailed jird)
Genus Tatera (large naked-soled gerbils)
Genus Taterillus (small naked-soled gerbils)
There is a Mongolian species of gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) known as the Clawed Jird, which has a latin name of: Meriones unguiculatus.
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What is Latin for gerbil?
gerbils wornt discovered back then
What is your gerbils name?
My Gerbils name is Shiloh and My brothers gerbils name is nibbles I hope I helped you!
Is Dusk a girl gerbils name?
There are no specific names for gerbils you can call her whatever you like
Do ball pythons eat fire belly frogs?
NO ! A Royal python's (from their Latin name Python regius) diet is rodents - such as mice, gerbils or rats, depending on how big the snake is !
What is the ecosystem of a gerbil?
Gerbils that you buy in the store are typically Mongolian Gerbils and are from Mongolia (hense the name). They live in the deserts there.
What is the intelligence of a gerbil?
Gerbils can be very smart if you take the time to train them. Gerbils can easily learn their name. To answer the question the intellegence of gerbils is on a scale from 1-10 I would say a 6 or 7.
What is Hermes's latin name?
Hermes' Latin name was mercury.
Is there a study of gerbils?
Well scientists do study them but there isn't an actual name of the study of them.
What is the name of a social group of gerbil?
A social group of gerbils is called a 'clan'.
Latin name for 'crocodile'?
the latin name for crocodile is 'crocodilius'!! =P
What is the Latin name for butterfly?
The Latin name for Butterfly is Papilio(Pa-pil-io) I knw this cuz im in latin and this is my latin name
What is Latin for 'name'?
Nomen means name in Latin
