单词 | mongan |
释义 | mongann. Chiefly Australian. A ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus herbertensis, inhabiting the rainforest of north-eastern Queensland. Also called Herbert River ringtail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > other types of cuscus1775 vulpine opossum or phalanger1789 ring-tailed opossum1803 ringtail possum1825 ringtail1831 ringtail opossum1831 ursine phalanger1839 mongan1889 Leadbeater's possum1937 ring-tailed possum1941 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals xiii. 173 Jimmy..had..found mongan.., a new and very pretty mammal, whose habitat is exclusively the highest tops of the scrubs in the Coast Mountains. 1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 113 It [sc. the Herbert River ring-tail] was discovered by Dr Carl Lumholtz in the uppermost mountain scrubs of the Herbert River gorges, where it is known to the local blacks as ‘Mongan’. 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 76 Mongan, Herbert River Ringtail, Pseudocheirus herbertensis... Very dark brown with white under-surface; tip of tail white. 1980 G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill World List Mammalian Species 16 P[seudocheirus] herbertensis. Mongan. NE Queensland; rain forest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889 |
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