Sentence examples for sand rat from inspiring English sources
Sand rat, either of two species of gerbils in the genus Psammomys.
The sand rat is an excellent, economical small-animal model in which disc degeneration is age related, spontaneous, reliable, and well characterized.
We previously demonstrated that the diurnal fat sand rat is an advantageous model for studying the interactions between photoperiods and mood.
Six sand rat spine radiographs illustrate applications of this technique.
Psammomys obesus, the sand rat, is used in our laboratory for studies of IVD degeneration.
Within 2-3 monthe the diabetic syndrome in the sand rat usually develops.
They brought back the skins of 54 gemsbok, aardvarks, sand rats, dassie rats, elephant shrews, hartebeests, eland, springbok, black -faced impalas, and other beasts.
Animal life includes wolves, hyenas, foxes, honey badgers, mongooses, porcupines, baboons, hedgehogs, hares, sand rats, and jerboas.
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.
This is shown most strikingly by the sand rats of northeastern Africa, but considerable loss of hair has also occurred in some species of pocket gophers.
The only animals to see an increase were "all other covered species," which includes ferrets, squirrels, and some rodents (such as sand rats and deer mice) that are not excluded from the AWA.
