Wood Mouse - Wood Mouse

Japanese: キネズミ - きねずみ
Wood Mouse - Wood Mouse

…Tupai means squirrel in Malay, and as its name suggests, it is a small, semi-terrestrial, semi-arboreal mammal that resembles a squirrel. It is also called the wood mouse. In 1872, TH Huxley pointed out its similarity to primates, and in 1892, Carlson first classified it as a primate. Since then, many theories have been proposed about its phylogenetic position, and no consensus has yet been reached. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kinezumi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ツパイはマレー語でリスという意味であるが,その名が示すように,リスに似た半地上・半樹上性の小型哺乳類。キネズミともいう。1872年にT.H.ハクスリーが霊長類との類似性を指摘し,92年にカールソンが初めて霊長類の仲間として分類して以来,その系統上の位置については多くの説が提唱され,まだ統一をみるに至っていない。…

※「キネズミ」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。

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