单词 | south african springhare |
释义 | > as lemmasSouth African springhare A nocturnal rodent found throughout much of southern Africa, Pedetes capensis, having a long tail, powerful hind legs resembling those of a kangaroo, and a hopping gait (more fully South African springhare). Also: a similar rodent, P. surdaster, found in Tanzania and southern Kenya (more fully East African springhare).Opinion has differed as to whether the South African and East African springhare represent two different species or one single species (with the East African springhare being classified as a subspecies of this). Current sources largely take the former view, supported by evidence of significant genetic differences between the two. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Pedetidae (jumping-hare) mountain hare1785 springhare1822 springhaas1831 jumping-hare1839 leaping hare1849 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 343 Besides the holes of the Aardvark, those of the Springhaas (Springhare)..were very frequent. 1853 F. Galton Narr. Explorer Trop. S. Afr. ix. 281 The spring-hare..is a creature about two feet long, shaped like a kangaroo in body and in tail, but with a different head; it burrows and lives in holes all day, but at night frisks about and grazes. 1900 Daily Express 27 June 7/1 We could hear them probing a suspicious-looking spring hare's burrow. 1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. ii. 96 The little spring hares were out on the roads..jumping along. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo x. 179 All around us in their roomy burrows were springhares, those kangaroo-like creatures with their enormous hind legs that go hoppity-hoppity over the veld at night. 2014 C. Foley et al. Field Guide to Larger Mammals of Tanzania 84/1 Previously described as a subspecies of South African Springhare Pedetes capensis, the East African Springhare was recently reclassified and is now treated as a full species. < as lemmas |
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