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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.
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 name of xenon?
There is not a widely recognised Latin name.
What is the latin name for vanadium?
The Latin name for vanadium is Vanadium.
What is the latin name for cupid?
The Latin name for Cupid is "Amor."
