单词 | kangaroo mouse |
释义 | > as lemmaskangaroo mouse kangaroo mouse n. (a) the Australian pouched mouse; (b) a small American rodent of the genus Perognathus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Heteromyidae (kangaroo-rat or mouse) kangaroo mouse1867 kangaroo-rat1891 roo rat1966 the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Phascogalinae > genus Phascogale (pouched mouse) Phascogale1841 pouched mouse1853 kangaroo mouse1867 pocket mouse1877 Phascologale1888 1867 E. Coues in Amer. Naturalist 1 394 They are known in the vernacular as ‘Kangaroo’ or ‘Jumping’ Rats and Mice, and are entirely confined to Transmississippian regions. 1875 J. Miller First Fam'lies Sierras (1876) xxx. 243 Wood-rats, kangaroo-mice..had gone into winter-quarters under the great logs. 1887 D. Macdonald Gum Boughs 256 The tiny interesting little creature known on the plains as the ‘kangaroo-mouse’. < as lemmas |
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