Coruro

Japanese: coruro
Coruro

…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. …

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Japanese:

…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。…

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