…The mountain degu, Octodontomys gliroides (English name: mountain degu/bori), which lives in the mountains and grasslands of Chile, has a body length and tail length of about 18 cm, soft and dense fur, and resembles a chinchilla. The coruro , Spalacopus cyanus (English name: coruro), which lives in the mountains of Chile up to 3000 m above sea level, has a short tail of 4-5 cm, a body length of 14-16 cm, small ears, long claws on its front feet, and lives in long holes that it digs itself. The Octodontidae are primitive South American rodents related to the Tuco-Tucco, Hutia, and Nutria, and are thought to have descended from the Paramys in North America, and appeared as early as the late Oligocene. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "coruro" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…チリの山地,草原にすむボリ(フサオデグー)Octodontomys gliroides(英名mountain degu∥bori)は,体長,尾長とも18cm前後,毛が柔らかく密でチンチラに似る。チリの標高3000mまでの山地にすむコルロSpalacopus cyanus(英名coruro)は尾が短く4~5cm,体長14~16cm,耳介が小さく,前足のつめが長く,みずから長い穴を掘って生活する。オクトドン科はツコツコ,フチア,ヌートリアなどに近縁の原始的な南アメリカの齧歯類で,北アメリカのパラミスから降下したものと考えられ,漸新世後期に早くも姿を現している。… ※「coruro」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 |
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