Tatera

Tatera

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tatera f

1. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the Indian gerbil.
2. (sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – African and Asian gerbils, all but T. indica now in Gerbilliscus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Muridae – family; Gerbillinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus sensu stricto): Tatera indica - sole accepted extant species
• (genus sensu lato): See Tatera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Tatera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tatera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tatera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tatera in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.