A small rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae includes mice-sized jirds and the squirrellike gerbils. (thepetsavvy.com)
name="mainwindow";Molecular evidence that the spiny mouse (Acomys) is more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than to true mice (Murinae). (thewebsiteofeverything.com)
Genera3
The 300 genera of muroid rodents are classified within 18 subfamilies, but more than 200 of them (and nearly 1,000 species) belong to only two subfamilies-Sigmodontinae (New World rats and mice) and Murinae (Old World rats and mice). (en-academic.com)
Two other subfamilies (Arvicolinae and Gerbillinae) include approximately 250 additional species, with the remaining 14 subfamilies accommodating various other genera, some of which consist of a single species. (en-academic.com)
Not all specialists agree on the number of subfamilies or that all of these should be included within Muridae. (en-academic.com)
Many subfamilies, including hamsters ( hamster ), were formerly considered as part of a family separate from Muridae, but these groups are now most often viewed as muroid subfamilies. (en-academic.com)
Pending better resolution of the relationships between these problem groups, some specialists prefer to retain them as subfamilies within Muridae, but others still separate them as families under the umbrella of Muroidea. (en-academic.com)
Gerbil2
gerbil, (subfamily Gerbillinae), any of more than 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. (yourquickadvice.com)
Researchers recognize over 100 different species in the Gerbillinae subfamily, but for our purposes we will focus on the popular Mongolian Gerbil. (animals.net)
Murinae1
The subfamilies Murinae and "Dendromurinae" both include 4 species at Chorora. (palaeovertebrata.com)
Species1
Two fossil Gerbillinae discovered in the Upper Miocene of Africa and Asia, Abudhabia and Protatera , have been compared with the new species. (palaeovertebrata.com)
Rodents1
Inclusion of these subfamilies emphasizes their closer evolutionary relationships to one another than to any other group of rodents, but such affinity could also be expressed by recognizing each as a separate family and then bringing them together within a larger category, the superfamily Muroidea. (en-academic.com)
Genus2
Also unresolved are the affinities of subfamilies containing only one genus (mouselike hamsters, the maned rat ). (en-academic.com)
Based on molar morphology and skull anatomy, the single Gerbillinae taxon identified at Langebaanweg and described in this paper is allocated to Desmodillus , which is a modern monotypic South African endemic genus. (palaeovertebrata.com)
Rats1
They are all members of the Gerbillinae mammalian subfamily, which was previously known as the desert rats. (petsfoto.com)
Africa1
We discuss their relationships with modern and Plio-pleistocene Gerbillinae and conclude that Abudhabia could be the sister taxon of Desmodillus and that around 6-5 Myr a vicariance event allowed Gerbillinae to diversify into modern Desmodillus in South Africa, and Gerbilliscus in East Africa. (palaeovertebrata.com)