| 释义 |
tammar|ˈtæmə(r)|
Also tamma.
[Aboriginal name.]
A greyish-brown scrub wallaby, Thylogale eugenii, found in south-western parts of Australia. Cf. paddymelon.
[1892A. Zietz in Trans., Proc., & Rep. R. Soc. S. Austral. 1891–92 XV. 18 Macropus eugenii. Dama or Kangaroo Island Wallaby. 1924F. W. Jones Mammals S. Austral. ii. 240 The Dama Wallaby group was widely spread over the southern portion of Australia.] 1926K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks iii. 27 The great days they had spent together, as youngsters, hunting..tammas, in the Paper Bark swamps. 1941E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. 193 Dama Pademelon; Tammar. 1970W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. v. 48 Tammars are able to survive on food containing little water. 1979Nature 5 Apr. 549/2, I therefore examined the role of the neural pathway from the mammary gland in tammar wallabies carrying diapausing embryos. |