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Definition of Kangaroo jerboa
1. Noun. Brush-tailed rat kangaroo.
Generic synonyms: Kangaroo Rat, Rat Kangaroo
Group relationships: Bettongia, Genus Bettongia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kangaroo Jerboa
Literary usage of Kangaroo jerboa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"Many consumptives have gained strength in South Australia. Fauna.—Marsupial
animals predominate—the kangaroo, jerboa, wallaby, native cat or ..."
2. Principles of Zoölogy: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould (1870)
"... we observe that all leaping animals have the posterior members very much more
robust than the anterior, as the frog, the kangaroo, jerboa, ..."
3. Principles of Zoology: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould (1867)
"... we observe that all leaping animals have the posterior members very much more
robust than the anterior, as the frog, the kangaroo, jerboa, and even the ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... the leap of the frog, kangaroo, jerboa, and lure; the speed of the antelope;
the spring of the lion; and the strength of the ox and elephant. ..."
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