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‖ Phascogale, Phascologale Zool.|fæˈskɒgəliː, fæskəʊˈlɒgəliː|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ϕάσκωλ-ος leathern bag, purse + γαλῆ weasel.]
A genus of small insectivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridæ, diffused over Australia and New Guinea, commonly known as pouched or kangaroo mice.
1836Waterhouse in Trans. Zool. Soc. (1841) II. 152 The skull of Myrmecobius, however, differs in several points from that of Phascogale. 1852J. West Hist. Tasmania I. 324 The Phascogales are small insectivorous animals, found on the mountains and in the dense forest parts of the island. |