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‖ mampalon|ˈmæmpəlɒn|
[? Native name.
Mr. W. W. Skeat rejects the suggested connexion with Malay tikus ambang-bulan, the name of a Malaccan viverra (Raffles in Linn. Soc. Trans. XIII. 273).]
A small viverrine mammal, Cynogale bennetti, of semi-aquatic habits, native of Borneo.
1843J. E. Gray List Specim. Mammalia Brit. Mus. 53 The Mampalon, Cynogale Bennettii Gray. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 440 The Mampalon..has webbed feet, a very short, cylindrical tail [etc.]. |