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Gerbils, Jirds, And Relatives

Gerbillinae Gray 1825

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling

Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.

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extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
neogenen period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Neogene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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23.03 million years ago

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habitat

Paleobiology Database
terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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(adult)

last appearance

Paleobiology Database
holocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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motility

Paleobiology Database
actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

138

reproduction

Paleobiology Database
viviparous
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous

Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).

Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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Paleobiology Database
insectivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088

Definition: organism that eats insects.

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