Definition von „gundi“ auf Englisch

noun

1. Any of the several North African rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

   • 1999, Gundi, entry in Michael A. Mares (editor), Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 258, Gundis occur over most of North Africa, including the western Sahara Desert and Sahel west of 15° east longitude, from Mauritania to Libya and Chad.
   • 2001, Gundis, entry in Peter Haggett (editor), Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 24, page 2220, Small balls of soft fur scampering up vertical rock faces, trilling and chirping like flocks of birds: these are the gundis, a curious family of rock-dwelling rodents that are found only in northern Africa. Four species of gundi live in the Sahara, one in the Horn of Africa.