jird vs gerbille

jird and gerbille both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jird	Yes	No	No	No
gerbille	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gerbille is a hypernym of jird; that is, gerbille is a word with a broader meaning than jird:

jird: gerbil of northern Africa
gerbille: small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping

Other hypernyms of jird include gerbil.

jird (noun)	gerbille (noun)
gerbil of northern Africa	small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping