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Old 13-12-2007, 07:06 PM
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Another example YouTube - Long-eared Jerboa: extraordinary desert creature - lots of press reports about this long-eared jerboa but using the term 'jerboa' which, of course, is a common enough animal ... I've not yet been able to find a reference which gave the specific name ...

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Getting on to one of my hobbyhorses ... this is one of those cases where it is very good to get the proper, scientific, Latin name of a ................
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