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Count Branicki's mouse
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English
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Etymology
Named for Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish nobleman. The species is not a mouse, but is in the order Rodentia order. The genus name Dinomys genus comes from grc δεινός terrible + grc μῦς mouse.
Noun
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The pacarana, Dinomys branickii species.
Translations
pacarana
References
2009 Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals Johns Hopkins University Press 9780801895333
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