Count Branicki's mouse

English

Count Branicki's mouse

Etymology

Named for Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish nobleman. The species is not a mouse, but is in the order Rodentia. The genus name Dinomys comes from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) + μῦς (mûs, “terrible mouse”).

Noun

Count Branicki's mouse (plural Count Branicki's mice)

1. The pacarana, Dinomys branickii.

Translations

pacarana — see pacarana

References

• Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2009) The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN