...A general term for small animals with a body shape similar to that of a kangaroo rat, but with a long, pointed snout (hence the English name) (illustration). Formerly classified as part of the insectivorous order Macroscelididae, they are now classified as an independent order Macroscelidea, closer to the lagomorpha rather than the insectivorous order. There are about 15 species in one family, four genera, distributed from northern to southern Africa, excluding West Africa. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Macroscelididae" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…体型はカンガルーネズミに似るが,吻(ふん)が長くとがった(英名はこれによる)小獣の総称(イラスト)。かつては食虫目ハネジネズミ科Macroscelididaeとされていたが,近年では食虫目ではなくウサギ目に近い独立のハネジネズミ目Macroscelideaとされる。西アフリカを除く,アフリカの北部から南部に1科4属15種ほどが分布。… ※「Macroscelididae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
<<: Macrorhamphosus japonicus (English name) Macrorhamphosusjaponicus
It was one of the two temples built to protect He...
... The Cyperaceae family is well developed in th...
A type of aliphatic chlorine compound, also known...
…A general term for the eider family Anatidae, or...
A 7th-century Indian physician. Dates of birth and...
... The family Chanterellaceae refers to a group ...
...The monks who listened to his sermons at the r...
…A type of yellow acid dye that has a carboxylic ...
Year of death: 1619.3.7 (Genna 5.1.21) Year of bir...
…Then, in 1949, American JJ Couch invented the st...
1830‐95 Kheddi (viceroy) of the Muhammad Ali dynas...
It is one of the six schools of Indian philosophy...
...A poet and writer from the late Heian period. ...
…In Latin, it is Graecia, and in modern European ...
...Paasikivi (in office 1946-56) served two terms...