Psammomys

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”). === Proper noun === Psammomys m A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – sand rats. ==== 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): Psammomys obesus (fat sand rat), Psammomys vexillaris (thin sand rat) (species) === References === Psammomys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Psammomys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Psammomys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Psammomys in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.